Action Team to Prevent Prescription and Opiate Misuse/Abuse

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Prescription drug abuse has become an area of concern in Garrett County and the United States. Many people use prescription drugs properly, but nearly 1 in 5 Garrett County youth reported abusing them to get high (Maryland Youth Tobacco and Risk Behavior Survey 2013). Almost 60% of youth that misused prescription drugs said they got it from a social source (Garrett County Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2012). A social source includes any non-commercial source of alcohol such as older friends or relatives. The Drug Free Communities Coalition of Garrett County has initiatives in place to educate the community in an effort to reduce misuse and limit youth access to prescription drugs.

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