Fact
The prescribing rates for controlled substances among adolescents and young adults nearly doubled from 1994 to 2007.
Source 1:
Fortuna RJ, Robbins BW, Caiola E, Joynt M, Halterman JS. Prescribing of controlled medications to adolescents and young adults in the United States. Pediatrics. 2010;126(6):1108-1116.