Pharm Parties Lead to Prescription Drug Addiction
November 10, 2009Prescription Drug Abuse Rising in Teens.
Parties Teens Attend Can Be Deadly
You may not know this, but seven of the top ten drugs being abused by teenagers today are legal prescriptions or over-the-counter medications.
What does this have to do with your teen?
Let’s say you have teenagers.
They say that they are going to a friend’s house for a party. You reminded of the drunken “keggers” you went to as a teenager, ask if there will be alcohol. They say no. You breathe a sigh of relief and give permission.
They come back, obviously intoxicated, but you don’t smell any alcohol, or marijuana. They haven’t been drinking, but something is wrong.
Welcome to the world of the Pharm Party.
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia warns that while alcohol is still the drug most abused by teenagers, pharma parties are becoming the rage.
“ Teens will raid their parents’ or grandparents’ medicine cabinet, take Oxycontins, Percocets, Valiums, Xanax, and a get together with their friends,” warns Mary Rieser, Executive Director Of The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia. “They will mix and match their drugs, which is of course very dangerous. Soon they become drug addicts and this starts the dwindling spiral. Parent’s can’t figure out what happened.”
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