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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
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Sources for Safe Riding, Safe Driving

1 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, January 2002. Youth Fatal Crash and Alcohol Facts 2000: DOT HS 809 406, last referenced 12/7/2004. (A print version of this publication was released in 2002.)

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid.

4 National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month Coalition. Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month Planner, last referenced 11/24/04.

 

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Reviewed on 11/15/06