Nearly 1 in 5 teens (4.5 million people) said that they use prescription medications to get high,1 and 1 in 10 (2.4 million people) said that they use prescription stimulants and tranquilizers to get high.2 Nearly two-thirds of teens report that prescription pain relievers are easy to find at home, in the medicine cabinet.3
1Evenson, Ranae J., and Robin W. Simon, 2005. Clarifying the relationship between parenthood and depression." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 46: 341-58.