These findings come from CASA's 13th annual back-to-school survey of teens and parents. According to the survey, about half of 12- to 17-year-olds regularly left their homes to hang out with friends on schools nights, but only 14 percent of parents said their kids did this. In addition, about one-third of teens with friends who abuse prescription medications said the friends got the drugs from their home medicine cabinets; another third reported that they could easily get prescription drugs from friends or classmates.
The survey also found that one in four teens reported knowing of a parent of a classmate or friend who smokes marijuana, and one in 10 said that this parent smokes with teenagers. For the first time ever, more teens responding to the survey reported that it was easier for them to get prescription drugs than to buy beer. The percentage of teens who consider prescription drugs the easiest to get increased by 46 percent in one year.
(Source: www.webmd.com)
Labels: teen drug use, parents
Posted By: Aspen Education Group