Australian youths aged 12 to 17 are most likely to take medications recreationally because they are cheaper, easier to obtain and mistakenly believed to be "safe", a new study has revealed.
In a risky bid to maximise a "hit", youngsters are crushing cocktails of pills and snorting the powder, mixing them with alcohol or even injecting.
Pharmaceutical medicines have now overtaken marijuana as the traditional teen drug of choice, with more than twice as many regular users.
Commonly abused drugs include anti-depressants, painkillers and ADHD medications, such as Ritalin.Teens popping parents' pills for easy high | NEWS.com.au
In a risky bid to maximise a "hit", youngsters are crushing cocktails of pills and snorting the powder, mixing them with alcohol or even injecting.
Pharmaceutical medicines have now overtaken marijuana as the traditional teen drug of choice, with more than twice as many regular users.
Commonly abused drugs include anti-depressants, painkillers and ADHD medications, such as Ritalin.Teens popping parents' pills for easy high | NEWS.com.au
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