Are you concerned about your teen and the dangers of medicine abuse?
As was mentioned in my previous post, The Medicine Abuse Project, today in the United States, 2,000 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 will abuse a prescription pain medication without a prescription.
According to the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, “Medicine abuse is a national epidemic. More Americans are abusing prescription medicine than ever, and like other types of drug use, problematic behavior often begins during the teen and young adult years.”
Three Statistics that help explain the problem are:
- 1 in 4 teens reports having misused or abused a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime. 1
- Two-thirds (66 percent) of teens who report abuse of prescription pain relievers are getting them from friends, family, and acquaintances. 2
- Nearly 80 percent of people who inject heroin start by abusing Rx drugs. 3
What Parent Need to Know: A Prescription Drug Abuse Documentary
Hopefully, you can become more aware and your teen can avoid this devastating experience.
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Thank you!
3. NIDA 2017
