Prescription Drug Abuse Resources

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National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDA is a Federal scientific research institute under the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA is the largest supporter of the world’s research on drug abuse and addiction. (website)

Partnership for a Drug-Free America
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a nonprofit organization that unites parents, renowned scientists and communications professionals to help families raise healthy children.
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Parent Center from Narconon
The Parent Center from Narconon's mission is to provide parents with useful information and effective methods for keeping their kids away from drugs. Free downloads of their booklets are available.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse
Monitoring the Future 2009 figures show uptrends and downtrends with specific drug use among different age groups. Monitoring the Future (MTF) is an ongoing annual study of the behaviors, attitutdes and values of American secondary school students, college students and young adults. The study is funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute of Health (NIH). It's conducted at the University of Michigan.

While some drug use is declining such as methamphetamine, prescription drug abuse remains high.

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The 2009 MTF survey indicates a continuing high rate of non-medical use of prescription drugs and cough syrup among teens. Seven of the top 10 drugs abused by 12th graders in the year prior to the survey were prescribed or, purchased over the counter.

Nearly 1 in 10 high school seniors reported past year non-medical use of Vicodin, and 1 in 20 reported abusing Oxycontin, also a powerful opioid painkiller. Non-medical use of these painkillers has increased among 10th graders in the past five years.

For the first time this year the survey measured the non-medical use of Adderall, a stimulant commonly prescribed to treat ADHD. The survey reported that more than 5 percent of 10th and 12th graders reported non-medical use of the drug in the past year.

In addition, the survey recently started measuring how teens obtain the prescription drugs they took for non-medical use. Nineteen percent of 12th graders reported they got their drugs by a doctor's prescription, and 8 percent reported buying them from a dealer. However, the vast majority - 66 percent - said they got the drugs from a friend or relative. Of these, 12 percent reported they "took" them; 21 percent reported "buying" them and 33 percent said they were "given" the drugs. Internet purchases do not appear to be a major source of drugs for this age group.

Parents of teens abusing prescription drugs need to take action. The perception that these medicines are harmless since they initially prescribed by a medical doctor could not be further from the truth.

The longer you wait, the harder it will be to deal with your child's drug use.