More than one of four American children and teenagers take a prescription drug on a regular basis.This stat comes from Medco Health Solutions Inc., the nation's largest health-care benefits manager. Medco also found that nearly 7 percent of young people take at least two prescription drugs.
A separate analysis by the research firm IMS Health found that the most prevalent drug among those under 18 is asthma medication, followed by ADHD meds, antidepressants, antipsychotics and antihypertensives.
If this keeps up, old curmudgeons will soon be bragging about how they used to walk three miles to school in the snow and without any Adderall (or an inhaler).


























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Wednesday 29 December
By mikemaj82
kids are so weak these days. i feel bad for them. oh well.
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Wednesday 29 December
By Jack Of All Trades
There are so many jaded old guys who bitch about kids on prescription drugs, but there are three things they don't realize:
1. Every generation is more complicated than the last. I bet people of your parent's generation would say that you were all spoiled.
2. We need prescription drugs because we have real issues. I agree that ADD and ADHD is a load of crap, but teenage depression and mental disorders are a serious problem.
3. You didn't have access to prescription drugs. Maybe if you did, you wouldn't be so screwed up, and your generation wouldn't have driven this country into the ground.
Wednesday 29 December
By Jack Of All Trades
There are so many jaded old guys who bitch about kids on prescription drugs, but there are three things they don't realize:
1. Every generation is more complicated than the last. I bet people of your parent's generation would say that you were all spoiled.
2. We need prescription drugs because we have real issues. I agree that ADD and ADHD is a load of crap, but teenage depression and mental disorders are a serious problem.
3. You didn't have access to prescription drugs. Maybe if you did, you wouldn't be so screwed up, and your generation wouldn't have driven this country into the ground.
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