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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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Sources for Peer Pressure: Good or Bad?

1 ScholarlyCommons@Penn, 2000. Do Friends Matter? The Role of Peer Influence on Adolescent Risk Behavior, last referenced 6/20/2006.

2 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2004. Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child About Alcohol, last referenced 6/19/2006.

3 Better Health Channel, 2006. Peer Pressure, last referenced 5/12/2006.

4 About.com. Beating Peer Pressure, last referenced May 12, 2006.

5 Do It Now Foundation, 2002. Peer Pressure & Choices: How To Think for Yourself (in a World Where Everybody Wants To Do It for You), last referenced 5/19/2006.

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Created on 7/25/06