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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.

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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

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