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ERIC ED521379: Adolescent Substance Use: America's #1 Public Health... |
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This report finds that adolescent smoking, drinking, |
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misusing prescription drugs and using illegal drugs is, |
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by any measure, a public health problem of epidemic |
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proportion, presenting clear and present danger to |
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millions of America's teenagers and severe and expensive |
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long-range consequences for the entire population. This |
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report is a wake-up call for everyone, regardless of |
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whether they seek to win the future by investing in the |
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youth or seek to cut public spending to avoid a back- |
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breaking financial burden on their children and |
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grandchildren. The findings and recommendations in this |
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report offer common ground and opportunity to help |
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achieve both objectives. This report finds that: (1) |
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Three-fourths of high school students (75.6 percent, 10.0 |
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million) have used addictive substances including |
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cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana or cocaine; (2) Almost |
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half of high school students (46.1 percent, 6.1 million) |
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are current users of these substances; and (3) Of high |
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school students who have ever smoked a cigarette, had a |
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drink of alcohol or used other drugs, 19.4 percent have a |
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clinical substance use disorder, as do 33.3 percent of |
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current users. Appendices include: (1) Methodology; (2) |
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2010 CASA Survey of Parents of High School Students; (3) |
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2010 CASA Survey of High School Students; (4) 2010 CASA |
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Survey of High School Teachers and School Personnel; (5) |
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Key Informant Interviewees; and (6) Screening, Brief |
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Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). A |
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bibliography is included. (Contains 29 tables, 50 figures |
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and 1452 notes.) [Funding for this paper was provided by |
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Legacy[R] and the Michael Alan Rosen Foundation.] |
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Date Published: 2016-02-03 20:42:42 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED521379 |
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Item Size: 265991441 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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