Human Growth and Development / Unit 9 HGD 1255 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Substance Use in Adolescence
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The idea
In twenty twenty-three, about twenty-two percent of US high-school students drank alcohol and seventeen percent used marijuana in the past month, according to the CDC.
In practice
Prescription-opioid misuse reported by fourteen percent of girls and nine percent of boys.
Where people slip
Risk factors include availability, poor parent relationships, family and peer use, and insufficient sleep.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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