Drug use highest among American Indian teens, lower among blacks | California Watch: "A national analysis of drug abuse among teens released yesterday – among the most comprehensive to date – found that Native American, Latino and white adolescents have the highest rates of drug-related disorders.
In culturally diverse California – where recent illicit drug use among teens has climbed to nearly 11 percent – the findings have implications for the state’s prevention and treatment policy.
“This is a national study, but California is the prototypical state where there is a mixture of individuals across racial and ethnic groups," said Dan G. Blazer, a Duke University psychiatry professor and co-author of the study. "In terms of looking at comparisons across races, this study is very relevant to California.”
According to a state tally, there were 23,322 teens in publicly monitored and funded treatment programs in 2009."
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