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Substance Abuse Prevalence Among Teens Is High
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- November 6, 2007
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- JAMA and Archives Journals
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- Approximately 15 percent of teens receiving routine outpatient medical care in a New England primary care network had positive results on a substance abuse screening test, according to a new article. About 80 percent of teens have begun to drink and half have used an illegal drug by senior year in high school.
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Approximately 15 percent of teens receiving routine outpatient medical care in a New England primary care network had positive results on a substance abuse screening test, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
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