CDC: One in Five Teens Has Abused Prescription Meds

CDC: One in Five Teens Has Abused Prescription Meds
Twenty percent of U.S. high-school students have taken prescription drugs without a prescription, according to the results of a CDC survey released June 3. A separate report, also issued June 3 by the agency, estimates the direct health care costs of opioid abuse to be more than $9 billion a year and offers recommendations for physicians, payers and government agencies to help curb such abuse.

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