Tailoring Treatments for Teenage Drug Users. Howard Markel.
by Markel, Howard; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 63Health. Publisher: New York Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Alcoholism -- Treatment | Binge drinking | Drug abuse -- Treatment | Teenagers -- Alcohol use | Teenagers -- Drug useDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Last month [Dec. 2002], researchers at the University of Michigan reported that the use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana among high school students across the nation was declining. Nevertheless, levels of teenage drinking and drug use remain stubbornly high. At least 53 percent of all American adolescents have tried an illicit drug by the time they have finished high school, according to the Michigan researchers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last week that from 1993 to 2001 the rate of binge drinking episodes among drinkers 18 to 20 increased by 56 percent, compared with an increase of 35 percent for all American adults. Binge drinking was defined as five or more drinks at a sitting, with the intention of becoming drunk." (NEW YORK TIMES) This author examines the problem of teenage drug and alcohol abuse, while noting the need for treatment programs that are tailored to teenagers.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Tailoring Treatments for Teenage Drug Users, Jan. 7, 2003; pp. D6.
"Last month [Dec. 2002], researchers at the University of Michigan reported that the use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana among high school students across the nation was declining. Nevertheless, levels of teenage drinking and drug use remain stubbornly high. At least 53 percent of all American adolescents have tried an illicit drug by the time they have finished high school, according to the Michigan researchers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last week that from 1993 to 2001 the rate of binge drinking episodes among drinkers 18 to 20 increased by 56 percent, compared with an increase of 35 percent for all American adults. Binge drinking was defined as five or more drinks at a sitting, with the intention of becoming drunk." (NEW YORK TIMES) This author examines the problem of teenage drug and alcohol abuse, while noting the need for treatment programs that are tailored to teenagers.
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