By The Discovering... - Posted on November 30th, 2008
While setting up my presentation for the substance abuse outreach program I kept running across a statistic on prescription drug abuse that really bothered me.
Seventy percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers say they got them from friends or relatives.
Sixty-four percent of teens (12-17) who have abused pain relievers say they got them from friends or relatives, often without their knowledge. (NSDUH, 2007)
Nearly half (46%) of teens say they got prescription pain relievers for free from a relative or friend. Eight percent say they bought pain relievers from a friend or relative, and another 10 percent say they took the drugs without asking.
About two-thirds (64%) of teenagers who have abused prescription stimulants report getting, buying, or stealing them from friends or relatives.
Prescription for Danger
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