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Nearly 1 in 5 teens (4.5 million people) said that they use prescription medications to get high,1 and 1 in 10 (2.4 million people) said that they use prescription stimulants and tranquilizers to get high.2 Nearly two-thirds of teens report that prescription pain relievers are easy to find at home, in the medicine cabinet.3
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Be My Neighbor! Forming Neighborhood “Safety Nets”

1 Kowaleski-Jones, L. and R. Dunifon, 2006. Family structure and community context: Evaluating influences on adolescent outcomes, Youth and Society 38(1), 110-121.

2 National Network for Child Care, 2006. Building a Sense of Community With School-Age Children, last referenced 8/1/07.

3 Florida Center for Prevention Research. Youth Development Models, last referenced 8/1/07.

4 National Network for Child Care, 2006. Building a Sense of Community With School-Age Children, last referenced 8/1/07.

5 Ohio State University Research News, 2005. Good Neighbor Relations May Help Prevent Early Sex Among Teens, last referenced 7/31/07.

6 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2005. Alcohol and development in youth: A multidisciplinary overview. Alcohol Research & Health 28(3), last referenced 8/1/07.

7 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2005. Focus on Prevention, last referenced 8/1/07.

8 Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2004. An Introductory Packet on Violence Prevention and Safe Schools, last referenced 8/1/07.
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