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Psychiatrists Cause Teen Drug Use

It used to be that the easiest way to decrease the supply of drug was to legalize them.  That trend is changing: A growing number of teenagers say it's easier to illegally obtain prescription drugs than to buy beer, according to a survey published today. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University asked: "Which is easiest for someone your age to buy: cigarettes, beer, marijuana, or prescription drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin or Ritalin, without a prescription?" Nineteen percent of teenagers found it easier to purchase prescription drugs than cigarettes, beer or marijuana, compared with 13 percent a year ago. A quarter of the teens said it is easiest to buy marijuana, with 43 percent of 17-year-olds saying they could buy the drug in less than an hour...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 15, 2008 (boomark / email).