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Not in my house: instituted by Abbott in sponsorship with the Partnership with a Drug Free America and DARE designed to educate parents and teens about prescription drug abuse. It's called "Not in My House". Unfortunately, the statistics on teen prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are startling. Research tells us that many teens are getting medications not prescribed for them by opening the medicine cabinet in their own home. One in Five teens have admitted to abusing prescription drugs to get high! As parents, caregivers and school leaders we can do something about that access-we can help prevent teen prescription drug abuse in our own homes and communities by learning to monitor, secure, and dispose of our unused or expired medications. The Not In My House Web Site, www.NotInMyHouse.com, provides insights, resources, expert physician advice, a family's story, and useful tools about this issue.
Youth abusing prescription drugs and over the counter drugs, <More Info>
The Anti-drug.com: Link to information about pharmaceutical abuse and what parents can do to prevent it.
Does your "don't do drugs" talk include the ones in the medicine cabinet?
Gary and Jordan Neal, a family who lost a son to teen prescription drug abuse, nationally-renown addiction specialist Dr. Kathleen Brady, noted teen psychologist Dr. Anthony Wolf and founding member of Partnership for a Drug-Free America Tom Hedrick explain the many facets of this problem and what parents can do to help protect their children. <Link to Video>
Study Says Teens Can Access Prescription Drugs and Marijuana Easily (CADCA Newsletter, Aug. 14, 2008) CASA’s annual back-to-school survey also asked teens about the availability of prescription drugs. For the first time in the CASA survey’s history, more teens said prescription drugs were easier to buy than beer (19 vs. 15 percent)—that’s a 46 percent increase since 2007. The prescription drug teens say is most commonly abused are painkillers. The majority of teens said that they get prescription drugs from their homes, parents or the medicine cabinet, while 31 percent said from friends or classmates. Califano said parents are mostly to blame.
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