Where Can I Get Statistics About Laxative Abuse?

Published August 15, 2013

Question by iMercaptopurine: where can I get statistics about laxative abuse?
I am writing a paper about drug abuses and one of the drug categories that I am discusing is laxatives. However, I cant find statistics about prevelance, mortality, gender ratio, etc
where can I get statistics about laxative abuse?

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