Drug Abuse

Introduction

Illegal drugs like marijuana, cocaine and heroin has always been nightmarish for the parents. However, it is now the perfectly legay draugs But it is perfectly legal and readily available drug prescription now recreational drug of choice for many teenagers, prompting doctors urge pediatricians to screen specifically for their abuse during routine visits.

Experts say that the fact that adolescents seek drugs in their medicine cabinets to get high, it is a form of substance abuse. One in 10 teens say they have abused prescription medicines to get high and double, or one in every 5 teens (Wilson, pp. 65), ...