![]() The administrator (faculty member) can tailor the drug list however they like. However, people have been known to crush and insufflate the tablets. Trazodone, while prescription-only, is not a controlled substance. Oxandrolone is an anabolic steroid (Schedule III) that is sometimes used illicitly by athletes. The six baseline medications are alprazolam, hydrocodone, oxycodone, amphetamine, oxandrolone and trazodone. Each teams' net profit (or loss) is displayed in real-time on the screen. The goal is to make more money than other players. Players take on the role of gangs that buy medicines from pharmacies and then re-sell them for non-therapeutic uses (on the street). Some of the slides I use during the class are here. Students can then try to see how these strategies might affect the illicit prescription drug trade. These changes might include increasing surveillance of Schedule II drugs, increasing the risk of arrest when selling on the street, efforts to decrease demand, etc. While students play the game I change the market environment to illustrate various strategies that governments have used to combat the problem. I use this game as a framing device during pharmacy school classes dealing with prescription drug abuse as a public health issue. Prescription Wars is a multiplayer variation on the old DrugWars DOS game where players buy and sell illicit drugs. ![]()
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