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Down on drugs.(Substance Abuse)(Brief article)
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Scholastic Choices
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April 1, 2008
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- Roberts, Alan
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ONCE AGAIN, OVERALL DRUG USE AMONG teenagers is on the decline. Last year, 13 percent of 8th-graders, 28 percent of 10th-graders, and 36 percent of 12th-graders admitted to using an illicit drug. In 2006, 15 percent of 8th-graders, 29 percent of 10th-graders, and 37 percent of 12th-graders said they had tried an illicit drug. These statistics come from the 33rd national survey in the Monitoring the Future series, conducted by scientists at the ...
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ILLICIT DRUG USE DOWN AMONG TEENS, PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE REMAINS HIGH
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
December 21, 2006 ;
787 words
......over a third (36 percent) of 10th graders, and about half (48 percent) of all 12th graders...ever taken any illicit drug during their lifetime...saying they used any illicit drug in the prior 12...and the rates (15 percent, 29 percent, and...proportions using any ...
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illicit drug use by teens falls, but not abuse of painkillers.(Front)
The Virginian Pilot;
December 12, 2007 ;
327 words
......eighth-graders reporting use of an illicit drug at least once in the 12 months before the survey was 24 percent in 1996. It now has fallen to 13 percent...responsible for this year's decline in illicit drug use are marijuana and various stimulants...
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Illicit Drug Use Rises Among U.S. Teenagers; Survey Shows Reversal of...
The Washington Post;
February 1, 1994 ;
Pierre Thomas;
787 words
...Illicit drug use among American teenagers...graders using marijuana increased 3 percentage points in the last two years to 9.2 percent. Among 10th graders, the share using marijuana went from 15.2 percent in 1992 to 19.2 percent in 1993...
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NIDA-Sponsored Survey Shows Decrease in Illicit Drug Use Among Nation's...
PR Newswire;
December 21, 2006 ;
787 words
...Study Shows 23.2 Percent Decline in Illicit Drug Use Over Five-Year Period, Led by Decrease...past-month use of illicit drugs has dropped 23.2 percent since 2001 (from 19.4 percent in 2001 to 14.9 percent in 2006). By contrast, abuse of prescription...
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Washington D.C. Has Highest Illicit Drug Use Rate, Federal Study Says.
PR Newswire;
August 5, 2004 ;
695 words
......ranged from a low of 6.1 percent in Iowa to a high of 12.4 percent in the District of Columbia...the lowest rate, 4.4 percent, of past month use of...the highest rate, 10.8 percent. State-by-state data...from the findings that illicit drug, alcohol and tobacco...past month use of any ...
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Iowa Has Lowest Rate of Illicit Drug Use, Federal Study Says.
PR Newswire;
August 5, 2004 ;
695 words
......ranged from a low of 6.1 percent in Iowa to a high of 12.4 percent in the District of Columbia...the lowest rate, 4.4 percent, of past month use of...the highest rate, 10.8 percent. State-by-state data...from the findings that illicit drug, alcohol and tobacco...past month use of any ...
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NATIONWIDE SURVEY SHOWS MOST ILLICIT DRUG USERS, HEAVY ALCOHOL USERS ARE...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
July 16, 2007 ;
787 words
......rates of current illicit drug use were among...service workers (17.4 percent) and construction...repair workers (14.7 percent). Illicit drug use and heavy alcohol...reported current illicit drug use, 12.3 percent said they had worked...
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SAMHSA Unveils State Substance Abuse Data from 2003 National Survey on...
PR Newswire;
February 14, 2005 ;
730 words
......month use of any illicit drug ranged from a low of 6.3 percent in Utah to a...of past year illicit drug dependence or abuse, 4.0 percent. This compares...treatment for an illicit drug use problem...receiving it, 3.5 percent. Montana, Nebraska...
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SAMHSA Unveils State Substance Abuse Data from 2003 National Survey on...
PR Newswire;
February 14, 2005 ;
730 words
......month use of any illicit drug ranged from a low of 6.3 percent in Utah to a...of past year illicit drug dependence or abuse, 4.0 percent. This compares...treatment for an illicit drug use problem...receiving it, 3.5 percent. Montana, Nebraska...
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SAMHSA Unveils State Substance Abuse Data from 2003 National Survey on...
PR Newswire;
February 14, 2005 ;
730 words
......month use of any illicit drug ranged from a low of 6.3 percent in Utah to a...of past year illicit drug dependence or abuse, 4.0 percent. This compares...treatment for an illicit drug use problem...receiving it, 3.5 percent. Montana, Nebraska...
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SAMHSA Unveils State Substance Abuse Data from 2003 National Survey on...
PR Newswire;
February 14, 2005 ;
730 words
......month use of any illicit drug ranged from a low of 6.3 percent in Utah to a...of past year illicit drug dependence or abuse, 4.0 percent. This compares...treatment for an illicit drug use problem...receiving it, 3.5 percent. Montana, Nebraska...
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SAMHSA Unveils State Substance Abuse Data from 2003 National Survey on...
PR Newswire;
February 14, 2005 ;
730 words
......month use of any illicit drug ranged from a low of 6.3 percent in Utah to a...of past year illicit drug dependence or abuse, 4.0 percent. This compares...treatment for an illicit drug use problem...receiving it, 3.5 percent. Montana, Nebraska...
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SAMHSA Unveils State Substance Abuse Data from 2003 National Survey on...
PR Newswire;
February 14, 2005 ;
726 words
......month use of any illicit drug ranged from a low of 6.3 percent in Utah to a...of past year illicit drug dependence or abuse, 4.0 percent. This compares...treatment for an illicit drug use problem...receiving it, 3.5 percent. Montana, Nebraska...
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