Teens becoming 'Generation Rx'

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......"Adolescents find the line between drugs that do good for you and drugs that make you feel good becoming fuzzier every year," said Rosenthal, whose non-profit organization treats 6,000 patients in nine states. "This is a wake-up call to parents."........

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/parenting/04/21/drug.survey.ap/index.html

Teens becoming 'Generation Rx'


Survey finds teens increasingly abuse prescription drugs

Friday, April 22, 2005 Posted: 11:55 AM EDT (1555 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- About one in five teenagers have tried prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin to get high, with the pill-popping members of "Generation Rx" often raiding their parents' medicine cabinets, according to a study by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.

The 17th annual study on teen drug abuse, released Thursday, found that more teens had abused a prescription painkiller in 2004 than Ecstasy, cocaine, crack or LSD. One in 11 teens had abused over-the-counter products such as cough medicine, the study reported.

"For the first time, our national study finds that today's teens are more likely to have abused a prescription painkiller to get high than they are to have experimented with a variety of illegal drugs," said Partnership Chairman Roy Bostock. "In other words, Generation Rx has arrived."..........

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1. I notice" killer weed" wasn't on the list., Shrub probably gives kids..

as much anxiety, as other rational humans.