Notes+and+Sources

Source 1: [] "Survey reports on teens' drugs of choice." //UPI NewsTrack (Consumer Health)// (2006): //Consumer Health Complete - EBSCOhost//. EBSCO. Web. 30 Mar. 2010.

-"Researchers expressed concern that year-over-year misuse of the prescription drug Vicodin remained high among all three grades, as nearly one in 10 high school seniors said they used it." -"Data showed that 4.2 percent of eighth graders, 5.3 percent of 10th graders, and 6.9 percent of 12th graders reported taking cold or cough medicines with dextromethorphan to get high."

Source 2: [] Botvin, Gilbert J., and Kenneth W. Griffin. "School-based programmes to prevent alcohol, tobacco and other drug use." //International Review of Psychiatry// 19.6 (2007): 607-615. //Consumer Health Complete - EBSCOhost//. EBSCO. Web. 30 Mar. 2010. -The nonmedical use of oxycodone (i.e.,  OxyContin), a potent and addictive opiate prescribed for chronic pain, was reported by 5.5% of students in 2005, and the nonmedical use of sedatives rose to 7.2%, up from 2.8% in 2002 (Johnston et al., 2006).

- A review of   poison control records in California showed a 14- fold increase in the use of such preparations from 1999 to 2004 (Bryner et al., 2006), reflecting national data.

- the nonmedical use of   prescription medications, along with the misuse of  over-the-counter medications, is also a growing problem among adolescents in the USA.

- Inhalants are also commonly used early in the progression of use, in large part because they are readily available.

- What typically begins as experimental use in social situations can in some cases ultimately lead to heavier levels of substance use and abuse driven by psychological motivations and pharmacological factors (Hartel & Glantz, 1997).

- Interventions targeted at the use of substances occurring towards the beginning of this progression have the potential of preventing the use or escalation in use of those substances as well as the potential for reducing or eliminating the use of other substances further along the progression.

- A drug prevention programme for all students in   a middle or elementary school health class is  considered a universal intervention because it targets young people in an effort to prevent or at least delay the onset of substance use.

- Many school districts are mandated to provide drug education to students.

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Source 3: [] McCook, Alison. "Spoonful Of Trouble." //Current Health 1// 28.3 (2004): 18-19. //Health Source - Consumer Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 30 Mar. 2010.