Do you think that prescription drugs can be just as dangerous as street drugs?

Of course they are if they aren’t taken correctly, but the dependence on street drugs heroin, meth, cocaine seem to be just as strong as pain medicine. I understand that this does not apply to many people who need it and take it like they are supposed to.

I know people from both sides and the ones who abuse it are a very sad case to me, no different if they were addicted to an illegal substance. They fall over in their food at the dinner table and burn themselves while smoking cigarettes as well as alienate themselves from everyone, partially because they can’t even finish a sentence before they fall asleep. They have incredible mood swings and low self esteem,—you know, “nobody loves me , everybody hates me guess I’ll go eat worms” attitude.

These are the people who seem to have such easy access to the medication.
Do you know anyone from either side?

Have you seen the addicted personality do some of these things I’ve mentioned or something else completely off the wall?

Are these medications just as dangerous as any other drug? What do you think?