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An annual national study of teen drug abuse commissioned by The Partnership for a Drug-Free America reports the disturbing move by U.S. teens toward prescription drugs as their choice for drug abuse.1,2 The 25-page report (available at www. drugfree.org3) reveals that Vicodin, OxyContin, Ritalin/Adderall, and cough medicine are tried more often by teens abusing drugs [...]

The Houston Chronicle Reports:
Teenager abuse of prescription drugs ‘epidemic’
“Availability is the mother of abuse,” said Joseph Califano, center chairman and former U.S. secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. ” … It may be parents should be thinking of locking their medicine cabinets.”
To read more click the link below:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/health/3257470