Monday, January 10, 2011
New Operation UNITE Program Begins
KENTUCKY....
The first drugs abused by teens often come from the family medicine cabinet. A new Operation UNITE program is using statistics from a University of Kentucky research which confirms that rural teens were 26 percent more likely to abuse prescription drugs than their urban peers, but there were no differences between urban and rural rates for use of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and hallucinogens. Overall, 13 percent of rural youths said they used prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, compared with 10 percent of urban youths, the study found. In the study, researchers analyzed data from 17,872 participants aged 12-17 in the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Operation UNITE's program, "Don't Be an Accidental Drug Dealer" began last week in Knox, Clay and Wolfe counties and will expand.
The first drugs abused by teens often come from the family medicine cabinet. A new Operation UNITE program is using statistics from a University of Kentucky research which confirms that rural teens were 26 percent more likely to abuse prescription drugs than their urban peers, but there were no differences between urban and rural rates for use of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and hallucinogens. Overall, 13 percent of rural youths said they used prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, compared with 10 percent of urban youths, the study found. In the study, researchers analyzed data from 17,872 participants aged 12-17 in the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Operation UNITE's program, "Don't Be an Accidental Drug Dealer" began last week in Knox, Clay and Wolfe counties and will expand.# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:53 PM 
