The Haddonfield Municipal Alliance will be having William J. Lynch Jr., a pharmacist at Kennedy Memorial Hospital and Camden County Heroin Task Force, will be presenting “Prescription Drug Abuse: Heroin. Pills. It All Kills: Our National Epidemic with America’s Youth” on May 27 at 7 p.m. in the HMHS auditorium.
What motivates teens to engage in prescription drug abuse?
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- 12- to 17-year-olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine combined.
- Sixty percent of teens who abuse prescription pain killers did so before age 15.
- There are as many new abusers age 12 to 17 of prescription drugs as there are of marijuana.
- Every 12 minutes someone in the United States dies of an overdose.
- Every day, 4300 teenagers use a prescription drug to get high for the first time.
“One in four teens abuse prescription drugs. Is your teen the one?”
Come to the Haddonfield Municipal Alliance Presentation on May 27 and find out more about Prescription Drug Abuse: America’s New Greatest Drug Problem. It could save your child’s life.
