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More teenage girls than boys now smoke and abuse prescription drugs. Girls also are starting to use marijuana, alcohol, and cigarettes at a higher rate than boys.
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Teens Using Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs to Get High

Sources for Legal but Lethal: The Danger of Abusing Over-the-Counter Drugs

1The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. Over-the-Counter Drugs-Abuse Where You Least Expect It, last referenced 2/23/2005.

2The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. April 21, 2005. Partnership Attitude Tracking Study: Teens 2004, last referenced May 10, 2005.
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Reviewed on 5/11/06