How well do you know your medicine cabinet?
Question 1 of 6: Teens who abuse prescription medicines get them mainly:
From their family and friends.
or
On the internet.
Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Two-thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers say they get them from family members and friends whereas only about 5 percent report that they get them from a drug dealer or over the internet. Learn more…
Question 2 of 6: One person dies every from a drug overdose in the United States.
19 minutes
or
24 hours
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]
An estimated 27,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths occurred in 2007, one death every 19 minutes, and this increasing trend is driven by prescription painkillers. Learn more…
Question 3 of 6: What is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States?
Car crashes
or
Unintentional drug poisoning
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], “The Three Leading Causes of Injury Mortality in the United States.”
Unintentional drug poisoning is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, surpassing car crashes. Learn more…
Question 4 of 6: Where is the safest place to store your prescription and over-the-counter medicine?
In a kitchen or medicine cabinet
or
In a secure cabinet or drawer
Medicine should be secured in your home the same way you would secure cash or jewelry. Learn more…
Question 5 of 6: Which category type of drug is most abused by teens?
Prescription pain medicine
or
Cocaine
Source: 2011 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study, sponsored by MetLife Foundation
Across their lifetime, one in six teens has used a prescription medicine not prescribed to them by a doctor. One in 10 teens has used a pain medicine without a prescription in the past year. Based on self-report of use in the past year, 7% of teens used cocaine or crack, 9 percent used Ecstasy, and 7 percent used OTC cough medicine. Learn more…
Question 6 of 6: Most teens who used pain relievers to get high in the past year:
Abused other substances less frequently.
or
Also smoked marijuana and drank alcohol.
Source: 2011 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study, sponsored by MetLife Foundation
Nearly all kids that used pain relievers to get high also smoked marijuana and drank alcohol, and half also used over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to get high. Learn more…
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