Their Drugs of Choice. Daniel Costello.
by Costello, Daniel; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 67Health. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Adderal | Alprazolam | Diazepam | Medication abuse | Oxycodone | Prescription drugs | Ritalin | Teenagers -- Drug useDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Ryan Smith remembers the night, during his junior year of high school, when a friend gave him his first Vicodin....Over the next year, Smith, now 22, and his friends moved on to other pills--Xanax, Valium, OxyContin and the attention deficit disorder medication Adderall, called 'kiddie cocaine' for its ability to be crushed and snorted. 'At the time, it felt like I knew more kids who were doing pills than who weren't,' he says of his Utah high school days." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the prevalent abuse of prescription drugs among teenagers.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Their Drugs of Choice, Feb. 7, 2005; pp. F1+.
"Ryan Smith remembers the night, during his junior year of high school, when a friend gave him his first Vicodin....Over the next year, Smith, now 22, and his friends moved on to other pills--Xanax, Valium, OxyContin and the attention deficit disorder medication Adderall, called 'kiddie cocaine' for its ability to be crushed and snorted. 'At the time, it felt like I knew more kids who were doing pills than who weren't,' he says of his Utah high school days." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the prevalent abuse of prescription drugs among teenagers.
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