The most commonly abused prescription drugs are: narcotics, anxiolytics like Valium/Ativan/Xanax, and amphetamines. Any controlled substance has the potential for abuse as well as psychological and/or physiological addiction.
my Anatomy and Physiology teacher back in high school told me that Aspirin is the most widely used and abused drug there is ...that always stuck in my mind
Prescription drugs are the most abused by this generation.
The most common is oxycodone, followed by tranquilizers such as Xanax and other painkillers like Vicodin and Percocet.
Meth
indicators show that hydrocodone is the most commonly abused narcotic analgesic
possibly codeine
Vicoden
Most commonly marijuana among the illicit drugs. Prescription meds include some barbiturates.
alcohol and nicotine are used the most, probably because they are legal. today, illegal use of prescription drugs reigns as the biggest problem and concern for the FDA. drugs such as vicodin, lortab, oxycontin, percocet, percodan, tramadol, klonopin, valium, xanax, restoril, adderall, dexedrine, ritalin, ambien and others. illegal drugs abused most commonly are marijuana and cocaine. however, methamphetamine is quickly rising to the top.
Very powerful painkillers that are only administered by perscription such as Vicodin
Alcohol is the most commonly-abused and most dangerous substance in Western society. Other drugs are pretty bad, too. Get over the "alcohol and drugs" thing; alcohol IS a drug.
If I have a bottle of Oxycontin obtained in my name with a legal prescription, I can't be arrested. The same amount of heroin would get me buried beneath the jail. Legal drugs are in most cases easier and safer to obtain, and it is legal to possess them. They can be obtained legally, and then diverted to illegal uses. The most commonly-abused legal drug in the US is alcohol.
This answer may vary.. but the drugs most used by young people that I know about is weed, Ectasy, GHB, Ketamine other wise known by Special K or Cereal, crystal meth just to name a few off the top of my head