Valium is grossly overprescribed and doctors are partly responsible for the prescription drug addiction epidemic.
Over 30 percent (658,263) of all drug abuse emergency room visits in 2009 involved the use of alcohol, either alone or in combination with another drug.
It is unknown the amount of marijuana herb produced in the U.S. each year, but it is believed to be extremely high and rising.
Robberies associated with the drug have prompted some pharmacies in Tazewell County, Virginia to discontinue selling OxyContin and post signs stating they no longer carry the drug.