Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Generation Rx: National Study Reveals New Category of Substance Abuse Emerging: Teens Abusing Rx and OTC Medications Intentionally to Get High / [USA]

PDF - http://www.drugfree.org/Files/Full_Report_PATS_TEENS_7th-12th_grades_2004
"'In its 17th annual national study of teen drug abuse, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America today reports that an alarming number of teenagers are abusing a variety of prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medications to get high. Approximately one in five teenagers has abused a prescription painkiller to get high, and one in 11 has abused OTC products, like cough medicine.'"

Table of Commonly Abused Drugs - PDF
http://www.drugfree.org/Files/Table_of_Commonly_Abused_Drugs