Substance use disorders extremely common among previously incarcerated youth

©iStock/AlexRaths New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse revealed that of previously incarcerated youths, more than 90% of males and nearly 80% of females had a substance use disorder at some point in their lifetime. The longitudinal study randomly sampled 1,829 youth -- ages...
Source: NIDA News - Category: Addiction Tags: College Students, College-Age and Young Adults, Men, People with Drug Use Disorders, Racial and Ethnic Groups, Researchers, Trends and Statistics, Women, Young Adults Source Type: news