Relationships Can Lower Substance Use In Young People

Published June 4, 2010

Relationships Can Lower Substance Use In Young People
A new study of young people in the two years after high school finds that those in romantic relationships are less likely than their peers to report heavy drinking and marijuana use. Researchers have known that marriage lowers the odds that people will get drunk frequently or smoke pot, said study lead author Charles Fleming, a research scientist at the University of Washington. The new findings …