Teen Prescription Drug Use

In CASA’s (National Center for Addiction & Substance Abuse at Columbia University) 2009 National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XIV: Teens and Parents, nearly one if five teens reported that they are able to get prescription drugs (in order to get high) in one hour, and more than one third of teens surveyed reported that they could get prescription drugs within a day.  Add to that the  2008 findings reported through the University of Michigan’s study on teen drug use showing that 9.7 % of 12 graders had used Vicodin for other than prescribed use, and 4.7% had used Oxycontin. The growing trend is alarming on many levels.

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