These days, drugs can be found anywhere, and it seems like everyone is either doing them or has done them. Teens are especially tempted by the excitement or escape that drugs seem to offer. While U.S. teenagers’ use of marijuana is declining, their abuse of prescription drugs is holding steady or in some cases increasing, according to a report released Wednesday by White House drug czar John Walters (msnbc, 2007, par. 1). “The drug dealer is us,” said Walters (msnbc, 2007, par. 2). Prescription medication abuse by teens and young adults is a serious problem in the United States. “Today teenagers are not using as much cocaine, crack, LSD, and ecstasy as the teenagers of the 1960’s. Kids have found other ways and means to get high; painkillers and other prescription drugs are being abused at record levels. This upcoming generation of teens has been given the name ‘Generation Rx’” (Teen Drug Abuse, 2005, par. 1). Teens can easily raid through their parent’s or......

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Title: Teen Prescription
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