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11 Shocking Facts About Teen Drug And Alcohol Abuse

11 SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT TEEN DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE Drug and alcohol abuse in our nation's teenagers has become a major public health issue. The government collects facts on substance abuse and reports on the statistics... and they are staggering. Below are some of the statistics that the United States Government has reported on. MORE TEENS DIE FROM PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAN HEROIN/COCAINE COMBINED. MORE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS REGULARLY USED THAN MARIJUANA CIGARETTES AS 22.7% SMOKED POT IN THE LAST MONTH, COMPARED TO 16.3% WHO SMOKED CIGARETTES. 60% OF SENIORS DON'T SEE REGULAR MARIJUANA 60% USE AS HARMFUL, BUT THC (THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN THE DRUG THAT CAUSES ADDICTION) $20 IS NEARLY h TIMES STRONGER THAN IT WAS2 YEARS AGO. OF TEENAGERS WHO LIVE IN STATES 1/3 WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAWS GET THEIR POT FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S PRESCRIPTIONS. THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTS 5% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION AND /5% OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TAKEN. OF TEENS WHO ABUSE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS 60% GET THEM FREE FROM FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. ADDERALL USE COFTEN PRESCRIBED TO TREAT ADHD) HAS INCREASED AMONG HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS FROM 5.4% - 7.5% TO IN 2009 THIS YEAR 54%e 1980 THE LOWEST NUMBER SINCE OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS DO NOT THINKREGULAR STEROID USE IS WHEN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON HARMFUL DRUG ABUSE STARTED ASKING ABOUT PERCEPTION ON STEROIDS. BY THE 8TH GRADE HAVE CONSUMED 15% 28% OF ADOLESCENTS SMOKED CIGARETTES S8 16.5% ALCOHOL USED MARIJUANA TEENS WHO CONSISTENTLY LEARN ABOUT THE RISKS OF DRUGS FROM THEIR PARENTS ARE UP TO LESS LIKELY TO USE DRUGS 50% THAN THOSE WHO DON'T. OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS 6.5% SMOKE POT DAILY, UP FROM 5.1% 5 YEARS AGO. MEANWHILE LESS THAN 20% OF 12TH GRADERS THINK OCCASIONAL USE IS HARMFUL, WHILE LESS THAN 40% SEE REGULAR USE AS HARMFUL (LOWEST NUMBERS SINCE 1983). ABOUT OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS DO NOT THINK IT'S HARMFUL 50% TO TRY CRACK OR COCAINE ONCE OR TWICE AND 40% BELIEVE IT'S NOT HARMFUL TO USE HEROIN ONCE OR TWICE. Data collected and presented by Adolescent Growth - a Family-Owned, California based Teen Treatment Facility founded in 2005. VISIT OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE AT ADOLESCENTGROWTH.COM Adolescent Growth 6323 Zindell Avenue, Commerce, CA 90040 O (888) 920-2370 Treating the Individual. He aling the Family. f /ADOLESCENTGROWTH /ADOLESCENTGROW You Tube /ADOLESCENTGROWTH 8* /+ADOLESCENTGROWTH

11 Shocking Facts About Teen Drug And Alcohol Abuse

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http://adolescentgrowth.com/ - Drug and alcohol abuse in our nation’s teenagers has become a major public health issue. The government collects facts on substance abuse and reports on the statistics...

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