The Scope of Adolescent Prescription Drug Abuse

Emergency Medicine. 2009 January;41(1):16-22

January 1, 2009|Emergency Medicine

Eric T. Elliott, MD;Christopher A. Souder, MD;Troy Privette, MD;William H. Richardson, MD

Abuse of prescription drugs by young people is a national epidemic. The authors survey the problem, review existing responses, and suggest practical ways emergency physicians can prevent and treat it.

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