At Risk Youth Adolescent Prescription Drug Abuse Compiled and edited by Meghan Johnson Song: “Where Is My Mind?” by Pixies Album: Surfer Rosa Today teenagers are not using as much cocaine, crack, LSD, and ecstasy as the teenagers of the 1960s. Kids have found other ways and means to get high; painkillers and other prescription drugs are being abused at record levels. This up coming generation of teens has been given the name Generation Rx. Teens are often getting caught raiding their parents or grandparents medicine cabinets in order to get high. For the first time, national studies show that todays teens are more likely to have abused a prescription painkiller than any illicit drug. Teenagers may get involved with prescription drugs in various ways. The experimental stage can be very dangerous, because kids often dont see the link between their actions today the consequences of their actions tomorrow. Most teens have a tendency to feel indestructible and immune to the problems that others experience. Some teens will experiment and stop, while others may continue to use occasionally without any significant problem. Then there are those who develop a dependency; these are the ones that need immediate intervention and help learning to make better decisions. It is impossible to predict which teens will experiment and stop and which ones will develop serious problems. Know what your teen is doing and who they are doing it with. The following are some warning signs of …
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