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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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Teens Using Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs to Get High

Sources for A Prescription for Danger-Use of Painkillers on the Rise

1 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 1, 2005. The 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, last referenced 3/1/2005.

2 Ibid.

3 The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Winter 2004. Partnership Attitude Tracking Study: Teens 2004, April 21, 2005, last referenced 5/10/2005.

4 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 1, 2005. The 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, last referenced 3/1/2005.

5 National Institute on Drug Abuse, February 2005. Prescription Medications, last referenced 3/14/2005.

6 Freevibe.com. Mis-Use, Abuse, and Addiction, last referenced 3/1/2005.

7 National Institute on Drug Abuse, February 2005. Prescription Pain and Other Medications, last referenced 3/1/2005.

8 Ibid.

9 Ibid.

 

 
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Reviewed on 5/11/06