"the easy availability of these medications, are key contributors to the prescription drug addiction crisis affecting more than 2 million American children"
Keep Prescription Drugs Secure From Teens
Too often, addiction and abuse begin at home...
(HealthDay News) -- Teens' addiction to prescription or over-the-counter drugs often begins when they have easy access to medications in their homes, an expert says.
Many parents make a special effort to keep medications away from young children to prevent accidental poisonings, but don't realize that teens are the group most likely to misuse and abuse medications, said Dr. Eric Collins, an addiction psychiatrist at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Conn.
Too often, addiction and abuse begin at home...
(HealthDay News) -- Teens' addiction to prescription or over-the-counter drugs often begins when they have easy access to medications in their homes, an expert says.
Many parents make a special effort to keep medications away from young children to prevent accidental poisonings, but don't realize that teens are the group most likely to misuse and abuse medications, said Dr. Eric Collins, an addiction psychiatrist at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Conn.