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A 12 page paper that begins with data regarding the incidence and prevalence of drug and alcohol use and abuse among adolescents. Data are provided by age and ethnicity/race and the effects of alcohol and drug dependency are reported in terms of personality and cognitive changes. Data regarding the incidence of arrests of youth dependent on drugs or alcohol are reported. The writer explains and discusses dual diagnoses, including the most common psychiatric diagnoses associated with substance abuse among adolescents. Research reporting the prevalence of dual diagnoses among adolescents with chemical dependency are reported and discussed, including a study that focused on runaways. The writer also reports and discusses the need for integrated treatment intervention plans and the lack of this practice. Statistical data included. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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12 pages (~225 words per page)
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had used alcohol in the month prior to this national survey, 7.4 million were binge drinkers and 2.4 million were heavy drinkers (SAMHSA, 2005). Those numbers reflect 28.7 percent, 19.6
percent and 6.3 percent, respectively, of the entire population of youth between 12 and 20 (SAMHSA, 2005). Drug use among adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 differed
greatly between racial/ethnic groups: 26.0 percent of American Indian or Alaska Native youths use drugs; 11.1 percent of White youth; 10.2 percent of Hispanic youngsters; 9.3 percent of Black youth;
6.0 percent for Asians and 12.2 percent for adolescents reporting more than one race (SAMHSA, 2005). Among youth ages 12 and 13, 3.8 percent used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA,
2005). Types of drugs used differs a bit by age: among 12 and 13 year old youth, 1.7 percent used prescription drugs non-medically, 1.2 percent used inhalants, 1.1 percent
used marijuana; among 14 and 15 year olds, 7.3 percent used marijuana, 4.1 percent used prescription drugs non-medically and 1.6 percent used inhalants; among 16 and 17 year old youth,
14.5 percent used marijuana, 5.1 percent used prescription drugs non-medically, 1.7 percent used hallucinogens, 1.1 percent used cocaine and 0.9 percent used inhalants (SAMHSA, 2005). Overall, 10.6 percent of the
entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decrease over 2003 when the rate was 11.2
percent (SAMHSA, 2005). T Marijuana is the most common drug used by youth (SAMHSA, 2005). The number of youth using this drug daily or almost daily totaled 342,000 and the
number using marijuana 20 or more days per month was 536,000; 12.7 percent of all youth between 12 and 17 used marijuana at least 300 days during 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005).
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