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Cal, a 17-year-old senior, started taking a friend's prescription painkillers to help deal with some back pain. Cal died suddenly after mixing over-the-counter cold medicine and the. friend's painkillers.
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Cal, a 17-year-old senior, started taking a

friend's prescription painkillers to help deal
with some back pain. Cal died suddenly after
mixing over-the-counter cold medicine and the.
friend's painkillers. Cal's father said that Cal
wasn't aware of the dangers of prescription
drugs because they were legal drugs.
Is this an example of proper use or misuse?

User Thndrwrks
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Misuse. The drugs were not for her. They were prescription drugs for her friend
User ExxKA
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misuse. Prescriptions are only meant to be used by the person it was given to abiding THEIR pain.
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