Table 1.

Source of prescription medications for misuse among adolescents

	Opioids			Tranquilizers			Stimulants			Sedatives
	n	%		n	%		n	%		n	%
Source		of full sample	of misusers		of full sample	of misusers		of full sample	of misusers		of full sample	of misusers
Physician	477	1.3	22.2	46	0.1	7.7	63	0.2	12.3	26	0.1	22.4
One	420		19.5	38		6.5	55		10.8	24		20.2
More than one	57		2.7	8		1.3	8		1.5	3		2.3
Theft/Fake Prescription	238	0.7	11.0	65	0.2	11.0	62	0.2	12.1	11	<0.1	9.7
Stole from Friend/Relative	222		10.3	57		9.6	56		10.9	11		9.2
Stole from Medical Source	11		0.5	6		1.0	4		0.8	1		0.5
Fake Prescription	4		0.2	2		0.4	2		0.5	0		0
Free from Friend/Relative	1010	2.8	47.0	281	0.8	47.2	254	0.7	49.7	39	0.1	33.4
Purchased	283	0.8	13.1	177	0.5	29.7	105	0.3	20.5	27	0.1	22.6
from Friend/Relative	183		8.5	104		17.5	60		11.8	19		6.0
from Drug Dealer/Stranger	98		4.6	71		12.0	36		7.1	8		6.6
from Internet	2		0.1	2		0.3	8		1.6	0		0
Other Source	144	0.4	6.7	26	0.1	4.4	27	0.1	5.3	14	<0.1	11.9
No Misuse in Past Year	33965	94.0		36049	98.4		36210	98.6		36597	99.7