Teens and drug problems are nothing new, but where they're getting them is.
A generation ago, the average age that drug abuse began was 15, now it's 12 or 13. A big contributor to that young age is that drugs are easier to access now. Prescription drugs that is. There's a virtual pharmacy full of new drugs out there being prescribed to a generation of parents and grandparents whose kids might know just what to look for on the label.
If anyone in your house is prescribed medications with warning stickers about driving after use, those bottles need to be locked up. It's not just your own kids you need to worry about. Friends, babysitters, anyone with access to your medicine cabinet could be tempted.
Source: Robert Stutman, Drug Enforcement Administration
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