Prescription drug abuse increased by 542% among teens ages 12 to 17 between 1992 and 2002. The majority get their drugs from family medicine cabinets.
Police in Staten Island said teens believe that prescription painkillers are not as dangerous as street drugs such as heroin. However, teens do not understand that they are just as addictive and that it is easy to overdose on them, especially when you combine them with alcohol, barbiturates, or benzodiazepines.
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