Teens get hooked on prescription drugs from home

Behind the frightening numbers are the frightened faces of children, hundreds of them in Butte County, hooked on powerful drugs they get from their parents’ medicine cabinets.
Authorities say the use of opiates — which include Oxycontin, Fentanyl, Vicodin, Soma, Ritalin, cough syrups and any medication ending in “pam” — are on the increase among Butte [...]

Teen Prescription Drug Abuse, Drug Disposal Program

Sometimes, teenager’s drug of choice is found right in your own medicine cabinet. In fact, research shows one in five teens has abused prescription pain medication.
“They’ll pretty much take anything from a medicine cabinet without knowing side affects or what they’ll do,” Heartland Coalition Director Kellie Rubbel-Henrichs said. “The ones we hear more about [...]