The Indianapolis Star has a valuable article providing tips to parents who are worried about their teenage children abusing prescription drugs. The article’s four tips:

1. Monitor the prescriptions you have in your home.

2. Secure your medicines.

3. Dispose of old prescriptions.

4. Communicate and set a good example for your child.

It’s nice to see a reasonable — and actually useful — article on this issue, rather than the hysterical attacks on online pharmacies that this topic often inspires.

Read the full article here.

Also, check out Not in My House, a Web site from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.