Scary numbers

A recent report by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shed light on how many adolescents, ages 12 to 17, used illegal substances on an average day in America:

• 7,639 drank alcohol for the first time.

• 4,594 used an illicit drug for the first time.

• 4,000 adolescents used marijuana for the first time.

• 3,701 smoked cigarettes for the first time.

• 2,151 misused prescription pain relievers.