Teenager’s Prescription Drug Abuse
March 20, 2008
It seems that I am hearing more and more about young people abusing prescription medicine.
Just this morning in my daily search for this website’s content I came across 2 shocking storys, one with horrible consequences.
In item number one, 9 middle school girls from Missouri had to be hospitalized after ingesting Methadone. It was given to them by a 16 year old boy the knew on their school bus.
And in item number two, a 17 year old football player died after after overdosing on Fentanyl, placing 2 patches underneath each arm.
Lot’s of time and money are spent trying to educate children on the dangers of drug abuse. Are we doing something wrong here? Or are the kids just stubborn and unwilling to listen?
It all starts at home. And above all, after the “drugs are bad” talk, If the parents have dangerous drugs like this laying around within easy access to the young people, they are just as guilty.
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