SAMHSA, February 7, 2013
"New reports by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) find that overall, from 2002 to 2011, the percentage of adolescents receiving substance abuse prevention messages in the past year from media fell significantly from 83.2 percent in 2002 to 75.1 percent in 2011. School-based prevention messaging also dropped from 78.8 percent in 2002 to 74.5 percent in 2011. The report also finds that roughly 40 percent of adolescents did not talk with their parents in the past year about the dangers of substance use.
A companion SAMHSA report also shows that adolescent attitudes about the risk of substances like alcohol and marijuana have changed significantly from 2002 to 2011, as have their patterns of use of these substances.
For example, the report finds the percentage of adolescents that perceive great risk from heavy drinking having five or more drinks once or twice a week rose from 38.2 percent to 40.7 during 2002 to 2011. During the same period, there was a decrease in the rate of adolescent binge drinking from 10.7 percent to 7.4 percent." Read More
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