Parents should watch for web drug buys

According to the Save Our Kids Coalition, fewer teenagers are getting their hands on their parents’ prescription medications. The coalition conducts drug and alcohol use questionnaires of all public school sixth- through 12th-graders in both the Bowling Green and Warren County districts. It is welcome news that fewer teenagers are getting access to prescription medications, but it is very disturbing to learn that more and more teenagers are getting these drugs from offshore internet pharmacies. Of all participants who admitted to using prescription drugs for nonmedical purposes in 2014, only one child reported obtaining drugs from the Internet. In 2015, that number jumped to 188, an increase of 18,700 percent.