Painkiller Opana becoming more popular with teenagers
Photographer: WEWS
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Posted: 02/08/2012
CLEVELAND - A very dangerous and addictive drug is becoming more popular with teenagers. Authorities have even called it an epidemic among high school students.
A television class at Amherst Marion Steele High School did a report about the pain killer called Opana.
It's seven times stronger than morphine and addicts are stealing it from family members' prescriptions or buying it.
The class surveyed students throughout the high school. They found that at least three students in each classroom had used the drug.
The class posted a web piece on their story and received thousands of hits.
Other schools like Vermilion started posting it on their web site to educate students and parents.
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