The truth about hydrocodone.

AuthorVolkow, Nora D.
PositionHEADS UP REAL NEWS ABOUT DRUGS AND YOUR BODY - Brief article

Dear Teacher:

While there is good news from the most recent Monitoring the Future Study showing the steady decline in the use of illicit drugs by teens over the past six years, abuse of prescription pain relievers like Vicodin[R] and OxyContin[R] remains troublingly high. This latest installment of Heads Up from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Scholastic provides important information about hydrocodone, the principal ingredient in Vicodin[R], and alerts students to the dangers of abusing a wide...

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