UNM professor wins national award: Program shows dangers of prescription drugs

KRQE -  According to a professor at UNM’s College of Pharmacy, about 2,500 kids in America abuse a painkiller everyday. Professor Megan Thompson said a lot of those kids have no idea what they're taking. So, she's been showing them what they're doing to themselves through a program that won a national award. “It's an epidemic actually, especially here in New Mexico,” Thompson said. A day before Thompson was set to speak to La Cueva High School students about the dangers of taking pills, police arrested a student at the school who they say was selling oxycodone and adderall. During Thompson’s presentation, almost the entire class raised their hands when asked if they thought prescription drug abuse was problem in the community. “Prescription drugs are cleaner. They don't have to go through a drug dealer to get them. They can just go through a medicine cabinet. In some ways they think prescription drugs are much safer,” Thompson said. Read More News New Mexico 

UNM professor wins national award: Program shows dangers of prescription drugs