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Youth abusing prescription drugs and over the counter drugs, <More Info>

The Anti-drug.com: Link to information about pharmaceutical abuse and what parents can do to prevent it.

Study Says Teens Can Access Prescription Drugs and Marijuana Easily (CADCA Newsletter, Aug. 14, 2008) CASA’s annual back-to-school survey also asked teens about the availability of prescription drugs. For the first time in the CASA survey’s history, more teens said prescription drugs were easier to buy than beer (19 vs. 15 percent)—that’s a 46 percent increase since 2007. The prescription drug teens say is most commonly abused are painkillers. The majority of teens said that they get prescription drugs from their homes, parents or the medicine cabinet, while 31 percent said from friends or classmates. Califano said parents are mostly to blame.
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Teens purchase drugs online: Parents and caring adults must be on the alert to ensure that their kids don’t buy drugs online or obtain them from other kids who are buying them online. After all, even if your child doesn’t have Web access, nearly 69 percent of youth ages 10 to 14 and 80 percent of youth ages 15 to 17 do have access.

Survey finds teen pill use entrenched (Plain Dealer, May 15, 2006) "...warned parents that the source of drugs is now the family medicine cabinet more than any dealer. T he study found 62 percent of teens said prescription pain relievers are easy to find at home.."

Trading for a High: An inside look at a pharming party (Time, August 1, 2005)