If you’re taking prescription medications to get "high," it’s drug abuse. No one should ever abuse prescription medications. They are to be taken only when prescribed by a doctor or other health care professional for the condition being treated.

Abusing prescription drugs can alter your brain’s activity. Prescription stimulants are dangerous to misuse or abuse because if a dosage is too large, the side effects can be especially harmful or deadly. These may lead to extremely high body temperatures, irregular heartbeat, heart failure, seizures, or death.

In addition to learning more about abuse of stimulants, check out the Consequences section to learn about the other effects of prescription drug abuse.
Short-Term Effects	Long-Term Effects	Damaging Your Future

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