This full-color booklet cautions readers that the use of medications designed to treat illness by those who aren't ill is both illegal and dangerous.

It lists and defines the three most commonly abused classes of drugs -- stimulants, depressants and opioid painkillers -- and describes the many serious effects of abusing them, including addiction, insanity and death from overdosing.

It concludes with a list of places to seek help in breaking a dependence on prescription drugs.