
English: 
(soft music)
- Hi, I'm Dr. Matt Davis,
a primary care pediatrician
and the Director of the C.S.
Mott Children's Hospital,
National Poll on Children's Health,
at the University of Michigan.
Are you hitting the books hard this year,
getting ready for those
end of your final exams?
If you're a teen or you're
the parent of a teen,
you may be aware that
some teens are reaching
for study drugs to help them get through
this hard time of the academic year.
Study drugs are stimulant medicines,
often prescribed for treatment
of attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder.
And they can be safe when
they're used appropriately
for treatment of that condition.
However, when they're used by kids
who don't have a prescription
these study drugs
can create big health problems.
What we've done this month
in the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital,
National Poll on Children's Health

English: 
[ Music ]
>> Matt Davis: Hi.
I'm Doctor Matt Davis, a
primary care pediatrician,
and the Director of the C.S. Mott
Children's Hospital National Poll
on Children's Health at the
University of Michigan.
Are you hitting the books hard this year,
getting ready for those end-of-year final exams?
If you're a teen, or you're
the parent of a teen,
you may be aware that some teens are
reaching for study drugs to help them get
through this hard time of the academic year.
Study drugs are stimulant medicines
often prescribed for treatment
of attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder, and they can be safe
when they're used appropriately
for treatment of that condition.
However, when they're used by kids
who don't have a prescription,
these study drugs can create
big health problems.
What we've done this month in the C.S.
Mott Children's Hospital National Poll

English: 
on Children's Health is focus on the issue of
study drug use, and what parents think is going
on in their communities,
and in their own houses.
So when it comes to the use of study
drugs, we know from recent data
from the Monitoring the Future study that 1
in 10 high school sophomores in 10th grade,
and 1 in 8 high school seniors in 12th grade
say that they've used study drugs at some point
to try to improve their academic performance.
In contrast, in this month's National Poll
on Children's Health, we found that only 1
in 100 parents believes that their teens
ages 13 to 17 have ever used study drugs.
That's a big mismatch.
Fortunately, it does not mean
that parents are not concerned
about this particular health
problem in their communities.
In fact, one-half of all the parents
nationwide who are in this National Poll
on Children's Health said they are
very concerned about the problem
of study drug use by teens in their communities.
Here's the problem though.
Only about one-quarter of parents say
that they've talked about the dangers

English: 
is focus on the issue of study drug use,
and what parents think is
going on in their communities,
and in their own houses.
So when it comes to
the use of study drugs,
we know from recent data
from the Monitoring the Future study
that one in 10 high school
sophomores in 10th grade,
and one in eight high school
seniors in 12th grade,
say that they've used study drugs
at some point to try and improve
their academic performance.
In contrast, in this month's National Poll
on Children's Health, we found that only
one in 100 parents
believes that their teens,
ages 13 to 17, have ever used study drugs.
That's a big mismatch.
Fortunately it does not mean
that parents are not concerned
about this particular health
problem in their communities.
In fact, one half of all
the parents nationwide,
who are in this National
Poll on Children's Health
said they are very concerned
about the problem of study drug use
by teens in their communities.
Here's the problem though.
Only about one quarter of parents say
that they've talked about
the dangers of study drug use

English: 
of study drug use with the
teens in their own household.
If we want to make an impact on the problem
of study drug use, we need to do a better job
as healthcare providers, and as
parents, of communicating to our teens
about the problems of study drug use.
Of course talking with our
teens may not be quite enough.
We may have to do something
about this in terms of policies.
And what we found in this month's National Poll
on Children's Health is that over three-quarters
of parents support a school requirement
to discuss the hazards, the
risks of using study drugs.
In addition, over three-quarters of
parents would also support a policy
that would require any stimulant
medication at school to be kept
in a secure location, like a nurse's office.
That would effectively remove these medications
from the hallways, where they can be given
or sold from a student with a
prescription to a student without.
So in summary, it seems like parents
in the United States today may not be
recognizing the problem of study drug use
in their own teens, even while they are
concerned about it in their own communities.

English: 
with the teens in their own household.
If we wanna make an impact
on the problem of study drug use,
we need to do a better job
as healthcare providers,
and as parents of
communicating to our teens,
about the problems of study drug use.
Of course, talking with our
teens may not be quite enough.
We may have to do something
about this in terms of policies.
And what we found in this month's
National Poll on Children's Health,
is that over three-quarters of parents
support a school requirement
to discuss the hazards,
the risks of using study drugs.
In addition, over
three-quarters of parents
would also support a policy
that would require any
stimulant medication at school
to be kept in a secure
location like a nurse's office.
That would effectively
remove these medications
from the hallways, where they can be given
or sold from a student with a prescription
to a student, without.
So in summary, it seems like parents
in the United States today
may not be recognizing the
problem of study drug use
in their own teens, even while
they are concerned about it

English: 
When it comes to study drugs, there's
on very important message to get across,
and that's that although study drugs
may seem like a good idea when it's time
to write those final papers and take
those final exams, study drugs at the end
of the day are just drugs, and they have the
risks that drugs have when they're being taken
by people for whom they're not prescribed.
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English: 
in their own communities.
When it comes to study drugs,
there's one very important
message to get across.
And that's that although study drugs
may seem like a good idea,
when it's time to write those final papers
and take those final exams,
study drugs at the end of the day,
(eraser scraping board)
are just drugs.
And they have the risks that drugs have
when they're being taken by people
for whom they're not prescribed.
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