Think your teen is too young to start experimenting with prescription drugs? You may have to rethink that position if a new study is any indication. Researchers have found that teens begin first use of prescription pain relievers is earlier that first expected.

Previously, it was believed that their final year in high school was the time most adolescents began their first use of prescription drugs, but a new survey tells a different story. ...

Age 16 Peak Time for Teens to Start Drugs originally appeared on About.com Alcoholism on Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at 03:10:43.

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