Teenage Substance Abuse in the United States

Teenage Substance Abuse In the United States 2,500 1/4 About 1 in 9 youth or 11.4% of young people aged 12 to 25 used 2,500 teens 25% of those who begin abusing prescription drugs each day. began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or young- prescription drugs non-medically within the past er met clinical cri- teria for addiction sometime later on year. in their lives. Similar studies show According to recent research, After marijuana, however, prescrip- that teens between the ages of 12 and 17 have easier access 17% of teens had tion and over the used illegal drugs within 30 days of counter medica- to marijuana than they do cigarettes, beer or prescription drugs. tions account for the conducted most of the com- survey and 50% had used them by the time that they monly abused drugs among high school seniors. graduated from high school. 9/10 9 out of 10 people with an addiction Compared to teens who have 2 or fewer family dinners per week, those who have 5 or more are at least 1/2 as likely to have used tobacco, alcohol or marijuana. started using the harmful substance in question before they completed 18 years of age. MIRAMAR GETTING WELLSTAYING WwELL http://awesome.good.is/transparen- cy/web/1206/this-is-your-teen-on-drugs/flash.html http://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/in- fographics/prescription-drug-abuse-young-people-risk http://dailysignal.com/2011/11/23/family-fact-infograph- ic-be-thankful-for-family-meals/ http://www.casacolumbia.org/addiction-prevention/teenage-addiction http://c.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/coexist/image- cache/inline-large/post-inline/weed-infographic-3.jpg http://www.crchealth.com/prescription-medication-danger-safe- ty-infographic-killer-in-cabinet