More teens now say it's easier for them to get prescription drugs � commonly powerful painkillers � than it is to corrupt beer, according to the 13th annual survey on attitudes about drug maltreat, out today, from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.
Parents likewise are ignorant about their teens' purpose of drugs and alcohol, says the survey of teens 12 to 17 and their parents.
Almost half (46%) of teens surveyed say they leave their homes on school nights to hang out with friends � and sometimes use drugs and alcohol. But merely 14% of parents enjoin their teens leave home to hang out with friends.
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