[USA] FEMALES BUCKING TRADITIONAL DRUG ABUSE TRENDS: Teen Girls, Young Women Now Outpace Male Counterparts for Prescription Drug Abuse, Dependence / US. Office of National Drug Control Policy, 30 April 2007
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press07/043007.html
"A new data analysis finds alarming trends in prescription drug abuse. While overall illicit drug use is declining, the abuse of prescription drugs, particularly narcotic pain killers, remains disturbingly high. Data reveal that females are at particular risk for prescription drug abuse, with higher rates of abuse among teen girls, more emergency room visits among young women, and higher rates of treatment admissions for dependence on some prescription drugs among females."