An infographic with the title "Prescription Drug Abuse : a National Epidemic". It consists of 11 horizontal sections (from top to bottom) : 1. Title.; 2. A thesis statement ("A culture of solving problems with a pill has developed in the last two decades that threatens the nation's health in every major category. Every age group is also impacted by this growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse") in the style of a label on a bottle of pills.; 3. A list of the 3 most abused drug classes (Narcotic pain killers & opioids Central nervous system depressants Stimulants).; 4. A bar chart showing the increase in the usage of prescription stimulants between 1991 (5 million) and 2010 (45 million).; 5. A data visualization showing that 6600 people per day started non-medical use of prescription drugs in 2010.; 6. A data visualization showing that CDC reported ER visits for non-medical use of prescription drugs increased by 111% between 2004 (144644 visits) and 2008 (305900 visits).; 7. A statement that 35 to 44 year olds are the largest age group overdosing on prescription drugs.; 8. A data visualization showing the racial demographics of people who overdosed on prescription drugs (ex : 13.5% of them were non-Hispanic whites).; 9. A data visualization showing that 40 people a day die from narcotic prescription overdose.; 10. A statement that enough prescription painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult around-the-clock for a month.; 11. Sources for the information above in the form of hyperlinks to webpages on federal government websites. The background is light gray with graphic elements in orange teal red black gray and white with text in black white red and teal.

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