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Posted: 4:48 AM Jul 10, 2006
Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
Officials monitoring teen drug abuse around La Crosse
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Health officials are closely monitoring teens in western Wisconsin, where they say use of stolen prescription pills is rising.
La Crosse counselor Todd Hoffe says the abuse of pharmaceutical and over-the-counter drugs has steadily increased. He says it's the third most abused substance in his teen patients after marijuana and alcohol.
A recent study by The Partnership for a Drug-Free America says nearly one-in-five teens has tired prescription medication. La Crosse School District Nursing Coordinator Lynda Narish Johnson says prescription medications are highly guarded and regulated there.
She says parents are asked to deliver the drugs to the health office in the original medication container with a written note from the doctor and officials store the drugs in a locked cabinet administered by trained health assistants.
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