It’s hard to imagine your child would ever abuse prescription drugs, but don’t be fooled. Statistics show that the number of teens abusing prescription drugs has nearly tripled since 1992. Think that’s scary? Then check out these other teen prescription drug abuse statistics:
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It’s hard to imagine your child would ever try methamphetamines (meth) or other drugs, but don’t be fooled. Statistics show that half of teens have tried some sort of illicit drug by the time they finish high school, and over 12 million adolescents have tried methamphetamines at least once.
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It’s hard to imagine your child would ever try Marijuana or other drugs, but don’t be fooled. Statistics show that half of teens have tried some sort of illicit drug by the time they finish high school. When it comes to marijuana, nearly 11 percent of 8th graders, 24 percent of 10th graders and 32 percent of 12th graders have tried marijuana at least once.
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It’s hard to imagine your child would ever try heroin or other drugs, but don’t be fooled. Statistics show that half of teens have tried some sort of illicit drug by the time they finish high school. Even more shocking is that almost 40 percent of teens don’t perceive any major risk with trying heroin once or twice a week, and over 14 percent say it would be easy for them to find heroin if they wanted to.
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It’s hard to imagine your child would ever try MDMA (Ecstasy) or other drugs, but don’t be fooled. Statistics show that half of teens have tried some sort of illicit drug by the time they finish high school and that over six percent of have tried Ecstasy.
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It’s hard to imagine your child would ever try cocaine or other drugs, but don’t be fooled. Statistics show that 7 percent of teens have tried cocaine by their senior year and half of teens have tried some sort of illicit drug by the time they finish high school.
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Did you know that over 40 percent of kids have consumed alcohol by the 8th grade? That number climbs even higher to 75 percent by the end of high school. Those are scary numbers, yet many parents refuse to believe their child would fall into these statistics.
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