[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] Medicine use study

[Lesley Farmer]

5% of teens, young adults have abused cough medsA new report has found
that 5% of people ages 12 to 25 -- about 3.1 million young people --
have abused cough syrups and cold pills to hallucinate or get high.
Whites reported taking cough and cold medications to get high at a rate
three times higher than blacks, the research showed. Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration. (2007). Preventing teen
cough medicine abuse. Washington, DC:
Author.http://www.drugfree.org/Files/Preventing_Teen_Cough_Medicine_Abuse/

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Posted By Lesley Farmer to CSLA Research Update at 1/21/2008 10:10:00 PM
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