It is not as easy to detect drug addiction in teenagers as you might think. Teenagers are becoming more and more intelligent today in hiding their faults. That is the reason it is extremely important for their parents to understand the warning signs and signals that indicate a case of substance abuse.
According to the National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, the number prescriptions written by doctors went up by 154 percent from 1992 to 2002. Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem in the United States, particularly among teens. The same study showed that in 2003, 9.3 percent of teens admitted to prescription drug abuse within the last year. This was a dramatic 212% increase from the numbers found in past research.
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