Prescription drugs can be purchased legally, but the fact that they are so easily available is now taking a dangerous and deadly turn. There is a rapidly growing black market for prescription medicines, and youngsters are the most common and frequent buyers.

As has been shared by the US Health Department, about 7 million Americans abuse prescription drugs, which is much beyond the combined total number of people who abuse cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, ecstasy and inhalants.

Also, there are growing concerns about who is being all the illegal selling.

Authorities have shared that the abuse of these drugs is also directly resulting in an increase in criminal activities.

"Because most of these people paying $80 on the street for one pill don't have a job to support that habit. They're breaking into your houses and stealing your stuff and writing bad checks to your business", said Adams County Sheriff Kimmy Rogers.