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