Drug Abuse

http://health.msn.com/medications/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100247883&page=2

This article talks about prescription drug abuse and teens, more specifically a drug ring that was recently busted in New Jersey. The ring was made of high school students and recent alumni, the head of the ring was a high schooler. This particular ring sold nearly $50,000 worth of vicodin and oxycodone. It did not say where or how the kid got this amount of drugs to sell. It also goes on to talk about how easy it is for kids to get their hands on these drugs, and how many parents often have some in a medicine cabinet. It discusses how kids do not know how serious these pills are, and how many parents are oblivious to the fact that this is going on.

Prescription drug abuse is becoming a bigger and bigger problem everyday in the U.S. The author is trying to reach a very large audience because it is a problem everywhere, and kids as young as 12-13 have been caught with these drugs. These drugs are even present in our own community and is a major problem.

I agree that this is becoming a big problem among teens in the U.S. Kids do not always realize the consequences of what they are doing or they just think "It won't happen to me." If nothing is done about this, then the problem will continue to grow. I think that we need to start educating kids about drug abuse at a young age, so they know it is bad.