Research Reveals Higher Rates Of Substance Use By Hispanic Students

Research Reveals Higher Rates Of Substance Use By Hispanic Students
Hispanic middle school students may be more likely to smoke, drink or use marijuana than their peers of other races and ethnicities, whereas Asian students seem to have the lowest risk, according to new research in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. The study, of 5,500 seventh- and eighth-graders at 16 California schools, found that young Hispanic adolescents …
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