With prescription drugs so accessible to teens and adults alike it is no wonder they are misused. For some it is the lack of education, for others it is simply easy and instant gratification that draws them to misuse prescription drugs. Teens who abuse prescription drugs are more likely to drop out of school, be depressed, and slowly destroy their future. The University of Kentucky conducted a national study and analyzed self-report data on 17,872 teens aged 12-17, collected in the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The findings concluded that teens in rural areas were 26 percent more likely than urban adolescents to have abused prescription drugs at some point in their lives.
Here are a few tips on how to keep your teen from abusing these and other drugs:
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