Summer Teens at Elevated Risk for Prescription Drug Abuse

(WWMT, Aug. 14) The summer is when unsupervised teens engage in risky behavior. In this case, it means experimentation with drugs, among other activity. Drug experts say it's more likely that teens will experiment with prescription drugs. Statistics show that one-in-four teens have abused a prescription drug. Prescription drugs tend to be a gateway drug to harder ones such as heroin. READ MORE.