This document discusses street prices for the drug Klonopin and trends in prescription drug use in the United States. It notes that from 1998 to 2008, Americans consumed enough prescription narcotics that every person could have received a year's worth of drugs. It questions what has changed to increase prescription drug use over 300% in a decade. The document provides data on prescription narcotic production quotas over this period and argues this level of drug use has negatively impacted judgment and spending habits in America.