New Study Finds High Prescription Drug Use in Teens

Published November 25, 2013

New study finds high prescription drug use in teens
A new study by the University of Michigan has found that one in 10 older teens and young adults have misused prescription painkillers and sedatives. The misuse included taking the drugs to get high, taking more than what was prescribed or taking drugs …
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Study: 10 percent of teens in the ER abuse prescription drugs
The Centers for Disease Control has also called prescription drug abuse an epidemic. Emergency room visits for prescription painkiller overdoses have doubled during the past five years to reach nearly half a million, and the non-medical use of …
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Prescription drug abuse 'enormous'
CEDAR CITY — Prescription drugs, mainly painkillers such as opiates, may have a place in people's lives for medical reasons, but the abuse and addiction to such drugs continues to be a dangerous problem throughout the nation. Sgt. David Evans of the …
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