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Effectiveness of a Mass Media Campaign for Parents on Teen Prescription Drug Use
Written and Developed by drug prevention+social marketing brief
This is a report on an initiative of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign of the Office of National Drug Control Policy which combines drug prevention and social marketing.
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Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program: Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: June 2010
Written and Developed by National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.
Against a backdrop of some 96% of Internet drug outlets selling prescription drugs unlawfully, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to report a few steps forward in making the Internet a safer place for patients to buy prescription medications. As of June 7, 2010, drug sellers seeking to advertise in the United States through any of the three major search engines must be accredited through the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice SitesCM (VIPPSCM) program.
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Prescription Pain Reliever Misuse Increases Among Young Adults From 2002 to 2007
Adults aged 18 to 25 currently using pain relievers for non-medical reasons increased from 4.1 percent in 2002 to 4.6 percent in 2007, according to a report based on a series of nationwide surveys. However, this report showed encouraging findings among youths aged 12 to 17 in that non-medical use of pain relievers in the past month had declined from 3.2 percent in 2002 to 2.7 percent in 2007.
Overall, 5.2 million people aged 12 years or older reported using prescription pain relievers nonmedically in the past month in 2007.
Trends in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers: 2002-2007 highlights nonmedical use of pain relievers in the past month among persons aged 12 or older. -
Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention - Where do we go from here?
Written and Developed by Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and underwritten by an unrestricted educational grant from The Purdue Pharma Fund.What You Need to Know about Prescription Drug Abuse
• What are the most commonly abused prescription drugs?
• What are the trends in prescription drug abuse—who is abusing, how many people does this involve?
• What factors contribute to prescription medication abuse and why does the problem seem so elusive?
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Teen Prescription Drug Abuse: An Emerging Threat
Developed by Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) in Collaboration with ONDCP's National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.Strategies to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse Among Teens in Your Community Thanks to years of hard work on the national and community level, teen drug use is down overall. However, one category is actually on the rise. In fact, more teens now abuse prescription drugs than any illicit drug except marijuana, more than cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined. Teens believe abusing prescription drugs is safer than using illicit drugs, but these drugs can be addictive and dangerous. ...
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Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemiology in Indiana
Written by Eric Wright & Marion Greene (2008)The prevalence of nonmedical (recreational) prescription drug use among Hoosiers 12 years and older is 20.7 percent for lifetime use, 7.6 percent for past-year use, and 2.7 percent for past-month use. Prevalence rates are based on annual averages from 2002 through 2004, the most recent estimates available from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Most misuse of psychotherapeutics involves pain relievers. And nonmedical use of psychotherapeutics is highest among young people—17.8 percent of 18- to 25-year-olds reported past-year use, followed by 12- to 17-year-olds with 9.5 percent. ...
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"You've Got Drugs!" Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet: A CASA White Paper
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (2008)
This timely article describes the internet as a "candy store" of pharmaceuticals and explores the problems associated with this point of access for acquisition of prescription drugs.
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