| The internet is flooded with reports that teen drug | | | | Often times adults will leave an old prescription in the |
| abuse is on the rise. High school children are bringing | | | | medicine cabinet, forgetting all about it. Children all |
| everything from marijuana to alcohol to heroin on | | | | over the United States have begun raiding those |
| school grounds, often times selling it to other children. | | | | very medicine cabinets in search of drugs like; Xanax, |
| Years ago the perception of a heroin addict was an | | | | OxyContin, Vicodin, or Klonipin. If you have old |
| older person, referred to as a junkie who mostly | | | | prescriptions in your medicine cabinet the best thing |
| hung out in ally ways. Nowadays the average heroin | | | | to do is dispose of them immediately. |
| addict is still in high school. | | | | While different drugs produce different effects on a |
| Rehabilitation facilities all over the country are seeing | | | | person, there are some tell tale signs that someone |
| a surge in underage clients due to this unfortunate | | | | is under the influence. The list includes things like; |
| trend. In fact, states like Georgia are calling it an all | | | | missing money, stealing, lying, asleep as weird hours, |
| out epidemic. A recent study shows that 35% of | | | | awake at weird hours, hanging out with new friends, |
| Georgian teenagers think that experimenting with | | | | ignoring old friends, grades dropping, and irritability. If |
| methamphetamine is safe and okay. This study is | | | | you suspect your child is under the influence of drugs |
| indicative of the amount of drugs these children have | | | | the best and fool-proof way to find out is by |
| been exposed to throughout their lives. | | | | administering a drug test. Drug tests can be found at |
| Further studies show that most children obtain | | | | almost any local convenience store. |
| prescription drugs from their own family members. | | | | |