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From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: For the third straight year, a Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) study has found that about 20 percent of U.S. teens have misused prescription painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin, even as smoking and drinking decline, the Associated Press reported May 16. Researchers expressed concern that use of prescription drugs may be becoming entrenched among youth, many of whom believe that using these painkillers to get high is safer than taking illicit drugs. This kind of behavior (prescription drug abuse) didn't exist when they were teens." The study also found that 22 percent of respondents smoked, and 33 percent said they had consumed alcohol within the past 30 days.
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