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<blockquote data-quote="runawaybunny" data-source="post: 366529"><p><strong><u><a href="http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20100603/survey-reveals-rx-drug-abuse-by-teens" target="_blank">Survey Reveals Rx Drug Abuse by Teens - Web MD</a></u></strong></p><p> </p><p>Study Shows Many High School Students Use Ritalin, Xanax, or OxyContin Without a Prescription</p><p> </p><p>Last year was the first time the survey, which has been conducted every other year since 1991, has assessed prescription drug abuse among high school students. The CDC says it found that 20.2% of high school students said they had taken a drug such as Ritalin, Xanax, or OxyContin without having a doctor's prescription.</p><p> </p><p>"We are concerned to learn that so many high school students are taking prescription drugs that were not prescribed to them," Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH, director of the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health, says in a news release. "Some people may falsely believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs, yet their misuse can cause serious adverse health effects, including addiction and death."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runawaybunny, post: 366529"] [B][U][URL="http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20100603/survey-reveals-rx-drug-abuse-by-teens"]Survey Reveals Rx Drug Abuse by Teens - Web MD[/URL][/U][/B] Study Shows Many High School Students Use Ritalin, Xanax, or OxyContin Without a Prescription Last year was the first time the survey, which has been conducted every other year since 1991, has assessed prescription drug abuse among high school students. The CDC says it found that 20.2% of high school students said they had taken a drug such as Ritalin, Xanax, or OxyContin without having a doctor's prescription. "We are concerned to learn that so many high school students are taking prescription drugs that were not prescribed to them," Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH, director of the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health, says in a news release. "Some people may falsely believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs, yet their misuse can cause serious adverse health effects, including addiction and death." [/QUOTE]
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