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Parents Clueless About Kids' Prescription Drug Abuse, State Survey Finds

(10/17/2011)

Boston Globe
Deborah Kotz
October 12, 2011

More than half of parents say their kids have access to the parents' prescription drugs, and one in seven say they've given their children prescription pain medication that wasn't prescribed to the kids. That's according to a survey of 300 Massachusetts parents with children aged 12 to 25, which was released today during a briefing at the Massachusetts State House.

Read the Boston Globe article: http://www.boston.com/Boston/dailydose/2011/10/parents-clueless-about-kids-prescription-drug-abuse-state-survey-finds/wuK5jBh5UGuRGCZyNHd3BP/index.html


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