TY  - JOUR
T1  - ADolescents and illicit drug use
AU  - Bruner AB, Fishman M
Y1  - 1998/08/19
N1  - 10.1001/jama.280.7.597
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 597
EP  - 598
VL  - 280
IS  - 7
N2  - 
PLANO, a small Texas community (population, 180000; median family income,
$54000) just north of Dallas, has been shocked by the deaths of more than
12 adolescents from heroin overdoses in the past 18 months.1
In Fairfax County, Virginia (population, 900000; median household income,
$70000), drug-related arrests of adolescents have increased more than 10-fold
in 10 years.2 Across the country parents wonder,
"How could it happen to our children?" Lifetime prevalence
rates of adolescent drug use have been rising since 19923
(Figure 1), and the percentage of
teens saying they would never try illegal drugs is decreasing: 86% in 1995,
51% in 1996, and 46% in 1997.4- 5

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.280.7.597
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.280.7.597
ER  -