21% of students misuse prescription painkillers: Study

TheStar.com : "An alarming number of students are misusing prescription painkillers in Ontario – about 21 per cent – but smoking is at an all-time low, according to a province-wide school survey. 'People may misuse (prescription painkillers) because at higher doses it can cause euphoria, calming, numbness, those types of effects. At high doses, the risk is overdose ... or death,' said Beth Sproule, a research pharmacist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)."