Youths' drug of choice? Prescription

Baby boomers made marijuana their 'gateway' -- and some still can't let go, a report says -- but a younger generation finds prescription drugs are an easier score. IT'S BEEN four decades since the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, but aging baby boomers haven't stopped turning on. The federal government's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released earlier this month, finds that as boomers move into their 50s in large numbers, drug use among older adults in the United States has hit its highest point ever.

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