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Article: Substance abuse: Montana rates higher than national rates.
- Article from:
- Montana Business Quarterly
- Article date:
- December 22, 2007
- Author:
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Montana's young people are drinking alcohol, drinking and driving, using illegal drugs, and smoking and chewing tobacco at rates above the rest of the nation. Those substance abuse behaviors continue to ripple through adult fife and create significant negative consequences for Montana's population.
In all indicators reporting alcohol consumption, Montana's annual rate is higher than the national rate; the same holds true for illicit drug use (Table 1). One way to evaluate the impact of substance abuse is to look at consumption and its consequences.
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