Downward Trend In Teen Abuse Of Cough/Cold OTCs Continues
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The percentage was highest among high school seniors, 4.1%, while 3.7% of sophomores and 2% of 8th-graders reported they had within the previous 30 days used OTC drugs to get high, according to Monitoring the Future survey results.
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