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Substance Abuse Fact Sheet
The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center has some great facts on youth alcohol abuse. The following is from their site:
“Substance use has fluctuated nationally since the mid-70s when the government and other independent sources began collecting data on this behavior. Over the past 5-10 years, the level of substance use has remained [...]
Introducing Generation Rx
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 [...]
Teenager abuse of prescription drugs ‘epidemic’
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