Two Sand Creek High School students were arrested after a parent made allegations that prescription pills were being sold at the school.

According to police, the parent brought some of the illegal pills to the school Wednesday. They were put into evidence by the school resource officer who is investigating the allegations.

A representative for School District 49 tells 11 News, school officials and police spent the day interviewing students and parents and searching through lockers.

The SRO arrested two students on charges of possessing an illegal narcotic and conspiracy, but the investigation isn’t over.

Matthew Barden, Resident Agent in Charge for the Colorado Springs Resident DEA Office, says prescription medication abuse in on the rise among teens in the US. It is second only to marijuana in terms of drugs abused.

He also says the number of drug-related traffic fatalities among teens is growing nationwide, as is the number of overdoses.

Barden also suggested that parents keep the drugs and medications stored somewhere that they can’t be stolen. He said it is especially important with the highly addictive pills like oxycontin and oxycodone.