Prescription and over the counter drug abuse is becoming an area concern in Indiana and the United States. Most students use prescription drugs properly, but nearly one in five teens reports abusing them to get high. By their sophomore year in college, about half of all students have been offered the opportunity to abuse a prescription drug. The Drug-Free Coalition of Tippecanoe County has initiatives in place to educate the community in an effort to reduce the misuse and limit youth access to RX and OTC drugs.
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