"It just starts out as a party drug, you know, every now and then," [drug treatment center resident] Fultz said. "Once you start doing it every day, I mean it just takes compete control of your life."
Finding a prescription drug supply was easy for Fultz. "It's very simple to get. It's everywhere," she said. But once addicted, the costs are severe. "I've lost everything. I've lost everything and it's so easy to do."
Perhaps one of the untruths of this issue that help contribute to the problem is that it is far more unlikely for kids from "good families" to fall into drug use. Consider this statement from the article by a judge who sees many of these cases:
"I see good kids from good families, doctors, lawyers, teachers," she said.
High risk behavior can be seen from all areas of society. While socioeconomic status certainly has shown to have an affect on the statistics. We can no longer assume that high risk behavior such as illicit drug use, highly promiscuous sexual activity, and even prostitution is something that only happens among teenagers in "rough" neighborhoods. I recommend Scott Larson's Risk in our Midst (out of print, Group Publishing, 2000) as a good read on the subject.
