By The Numbers: The Prescription Drug Problem

By STACY BROWNHILL
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John Kroger,
Ted Kulongoski
Dwight Holton
One in ten 10
th
graders reported using Vicodin and one in twenty 12
th
graders reported using Oxycontin in the past year
Tim Condon
The number one prescriber for teens ages 15-19? “Dentists,” says Condon
Portland

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