Take The Pledge With K To Stop Prescription Drug Abuse
Breaks between classes provide time for more than just going to your locker. Sharing and selling prescription drugs is not only dangerous- it is illegal. Take the pledge to be drug-free at Teen Health Connection.
America’s biggest drug problem isn’t on the streets, it is in our medicine cabinets… Approximately 70% of those who abuse prescription medications get them from family or friends. Every 15 minutes, one American dies from an unintentional drug overdose, mostly due to prescription drugs. Unintentional drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S. 1 in 4 teens reports having misused or abused prescription drugs at least once in their life. This is a 33% increase over the past 5 years. By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs. What is not known by most of these young people is the risk they are taking by consuming these highly potent and mind-altering drugs. Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction. Click here for more information.
Together Beasley Media Group and Teen Health Connection have partnered to help bring awareness to our local community about this issue. Together utilizing a 360 marketing approach with on air, online and with social media to reach the community about how to prevent this and how to start making these growing numbers start to decrease.
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