People often think that prescription and OTC drugs are safer than illegal drugs but they are as addictive and dangerous. Medicine has been around since 460 B.C.E and it was used to help the body. In 1796 the first medicine to cure sickness was an injection to cure smallpox. Civilization would have been better without prescription medicine. Prescription medicine can affect you body in ways you didn't even know. According for a article from recovergateway.org it states, “Prescribed medicine effects your body in many different ways.” This shows that medicine that your doctor gives you might heal you but it can give side effects and cause something else. “Prescribed medicine can cause nausea, liver failure, paranoia, and weakening the immune
