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Monday, March 3, 2008
Prescription drugs a hit with teens
Last week I followed up on the story of six Troy High School students who were hospitalized for taking prescription drugs to try to get high. An editor asked me to find out what I could about teen use of prescriptions.
It’s not as if I hadn’t heard that prescription drug abuse was a growing problem. Still, I was a bit surprised to learn prescription drugs were No. 2 behind marijuana for the most popular recreational drugs used by teens.
Apparently, prescriptions drugs are popular partly because teens believe they are safe since they come from a doctor. They fail to appreciate the danger of not following a doctor’s orders when using them. Deaths from prescription drug abuse have also seen a huge spike in recent years.
In fact, federal agencies are rushing to build Web sites and and launch ad campaigns to raise awareness about the problem.
Does this surprise you to learn how popular these drugs are with teens?
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