Adolescent Substance Abuse

• NCJ Number: 99367
• Journal: Adolescence Volume: 20 Issue: 78 Dated: (Summer 1985) Pages: 335-347
• Author(s): C R Thorne; R R DeBlassie
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 13 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

We have become a drug-oriented society. Cummings (1979), citing evidence from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, reports that one of every eleven adult Americans suffers from a severe addictive problem. Drug addiction is epidemic among teenagers; one of every six teenagers suffers from a severe addictive problem. This paper focuses on adolescent drug/substance abuse. (Author abstract modified)