Students’ OTC Cough/Cold Drug Abuse Steady, Monitoring Survey Says
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Results of the latest national survey of students' illicit drug use show no change in the prevalence of young people abusing OTC cough and cold medicines, and the head researcher says "there is little evidence yet of much improvement" in preventing misuse
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