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Substance Abuse
2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
— June 2010
News release at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website
Poly-Victimization and Risk of Posttraumatic, Depressive, and Substance Use Disorders and Involvement in Delinquency in a National Sample of Adolescents
— June 2010
Journal abstract at Journal of Adolescent Health website
Longitudinal Outcomes of an Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program for Urban Adolescents
— May 2010
Sports Participation and Problem Alcohol Use: A Multi-Wave National Sample of Adolescents
— May 2010
Prevalence and Timing of Diagnosable Mental Health, Alcohol, and Substance Use Problems Among Older Adolescents in the Child Welfare System
— Apr. 2010
Youth's Needs and Services: Findings From the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement
— Apr. 2010
Association Between Adolescent Viewership and Alcohol Advertising on Cable Television
— Mar. 2010
Overweight, Obesity, Youth, and Health-Risk Behaviors
— Mar. 2010
Significant Multiple Risk Behaviors Among U.S. High School Students
— Mar. 2010
Interventions for Reducing Adolescent Alcohol Abuse
— Jan. 2010
Adolescent Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines: An Evaluation of Advertising Placement in Relation to Underage Youth Readership
— Dec. 2009
Prescription Medication Sharing Among Adolescents: Prevalence, Risks, and Outcomes
— Dec. 2009
Substance Use and the Treatment of Resistant Depression in Adolescents
— Dec. 2009
Teen Methamphetamine Use, Cigarette Smoking at Lowest Levels in NIDA's 2009 Monitoring the Future Survey
— Dec. 2009
The California Index of Child and Youth Well-Being
— Dec. 2009
What Works for Parent Involvement Programs for Adolescents: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Interventions
— Dec. 2009
What Works for Parent Involvement Programs for Children: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Interventions
— Dec. 2009
Screening Adolescents for Substance Use–Related High-Risk Sexual Behaviors
— Nov. 2009
Innovative Community-Based Prevention System Reduces Risky Behavior in 10-14 Year Olds
— Sep. 2009
Seven Years Later: Developmental Transitions and Delinquent Behavior for Male Adolescents Who Received Long-Term Substance Treatment
— Sep. 2009
12 Year Nationwide Drop in Tobacco Sales to Minors Continues Under State/Federal Partnership Program
— Aug. 2009
Long-Term Effects of Drug Prevention on Risky Sexual Behavior Among Young Adults
— Aug. 2009
Multiple Trajectories of Peer and Parental Influence and Their Association with the Development of Adolescent Heavy Drinking
— Aug. 2009
Sixth Grade Students Who Use Alcohol: Do We Need Primary Prevention Programs for "Tweens"?
— Aug. 2009
Binge Drinking Among Youths and Young Adults in the United States: 1979-2006
— July 2009
Crash Types: Markers of Increased Risk of Alcohol-Involved Crashes Among Teen Drivers
— July 2009
As College Drinking Problems Rise, New Studies Identify Effective Prevention Strategies
— June 2009
NIDA Study Shows School-Based Prevention Program Reduces Problem Behaviors in Fifth-Graders by Half
— June 2009
Early Childhood Health Promotion and Its Life Course Health Consequences
— May 2009
High School Students Who Tried to Quit Smoking Cigarettes
— May 2009
Prevention Program Helps Teens Override a Gene Linked to Risky Behavior
— May 2009
Adolescent Alcohol Use, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicide Attempts
— Apr. 2009
Drug Use and Limited Prenatal Care: An Examination of Responsible Barriers
— Apr. 2009
Substance Use and Delinquency Among Fifth Graders Who Have Jobs
— Apr. 2009
Age Variability in the Association Between Heavy Episodic Drinking and Adolescent Suicide Attempts: Findings From a Large-Scale, School-Based Screening Program
— Mar. 2009
Smoking Patterns in Oregon Youth: Effects of Funding and Defunding of a Comprehensive State Tobacco Control Program
— Mar. 2009
Adverse Childhood Events and Lifetime Alcohol Dependence
— Feb. 2009
Resilient Girls—Factors that Protect Against Delinquency
— Jan. 2009
A Prospective Investigation of Suicide Ideation, Attempts, and Use of Mental Health Service Among Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment
— Dec. 2008
Downward Trend in Teen Marijuana Use Slows; Prescription Drug Abuse Remains High
— Dec. 2008
Effects of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign on Youths
— Dec. 2008
The State of America's Children 2008
— Dec. 2008
Co-Occurrence of Substance Use Behaviors in Youth
— Nov. 2008
Sexual Orientation Disparities in Longitudinal Alcohol Use Patterns Among Adolescents
— Nov. 2008
Smoking Patterns and Use of Cessation Interventions During Pregnancy
— Oct. 2008
Trends in HIV- and STD-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students
— Aug. 2008
Alcohol Binges Early in Pregnancy Increase Risk of Infant Oral Clefts
— July 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
— July 2008
Cigarette Use Among High School Students
— June 2008
Developmental Trajectories of Substance Use from Early to Late Adolescence: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Youth
— May 2008
Long-Term Trends in Adolescent and Young Adult Smoking in the United States: Metapatterns and Implications
— May 2008
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
— May 2008
Effect of a Pediatric Practice-Based Smoking Prevention and Cessation Intervention for Adolescents
— Apr. 2008
Parent Awareness of Youth Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana
— Apr. 2008
Parent Education
— Apr. 2008
Association Between Trauma Exposure and Smoking in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults
— Mar. 2008
School Effects on Young People's Drug Use: A Systematic Review of Intervention and Observational Studies
— Mar. 2008
Content Analysis of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs in Popular Music
— Feb. 2008
Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1985-2004
— Feb. 2008
The Over-Scheduling Myth
— Feb. 2008
Receptivity to Alcohol Marketing Predicts Initiation of Alcohol Use
— Jan. 2008
Teens Who Work Are More Likely to Smoke
— Jan. 2008
The Longitudinal Association Between Substance Use and Delinquency Among High-Risk Youth
— Jan. 2008
2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey Overview
— 2008
Trends in the Prevalence of Selected Risk Behaviors for All Students National YRBS: 1991-2007
— 2008
A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Nine Years Later
— Dec. 2007
Smoking Rates Among Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
— Dec. 2007
Co-Occurring Problems for Substance Abusing Mothers in Child Welfare: Matching Services to Improve Family Reunification
— Nov. 2007
Long-Term Impact of Adolescent Dating Violence on the Behavioral and Psychological Health of Male and Female Youth
— Nov. 2007
NIDA Survey Shows a Decline in Smoking and Illicit Drug Use Among Eighth Graders
— Dec. 2007
Prevalence of Positive Substance Abuse Screen Results Among Adolescent Primary Care Patients
— Nov. 2007
A Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts
— Oct. 2007
Drug-Impaired Driving by Youth Remains Serious Problem
— Oct. 2007
Youth Tobacco Sales: State Synar Enforcement Efforts and SAMHSA's Synar Regulation Monitoring
— Oct. 2007
It Can Be Done: Reductions in Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines
— Aug. 2007
Underage Drinking Starts Before Adolescence
— Aug. 2007
Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines
— Aug. 2007
Using Outcomes to Assess Teen Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
— July 2007
Crystal Methamphetamine Use in Young Adults Higher than Previously Reported
— June 2007
Using the "Getting To Outcomes" Approach to Help Communities Prevent Underage Drinking
— June 2007
Who Needs Liquor Stores When Parents Will Do? The Importance of Social Sources of Alcohol Among Young Urban Teens
— June 2007
The Impact of Retail Cigarette Marketing Practices on Youth Smoking Uptake
— May 2007
NIDA-Supported Study Shows Significant Association Between Smoking and Mental Disorders in Pregnant Women
— Apr. 2007
Assessing Substance Use and Abuse Among Adolescents: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners
— Mar. 2007
Development of a Screening Tool to Identify Adolescents Engaged in Multiple Problem Behaviors: The Adolescent Risk Behavior Screen (ARBS)
— Feb. 2007
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Gender Differences in Childhood Mental Health Problems
— Feb. 2007
Binge Drinking and Associated Health Risk Behaviors Among High School Students
— Jan. 2007
New Perspectives on Marijuana and Youth: Abstainers Are Not Maladjusted, But Lone Users Face Difficulties
— 2007
Decrease in Illicit Drug Use Among Nation's Teens, But Prescription Drug Abuse Remains High
— Dec. 2006
Use of Cessation Methods Among Smokers Aged 16-24 Years
— Dec. 2006
Prevention Programs for Young Rural Teens Can Reduce Methamphetamine Abuse Years Later
— Sep. 2006
Cigarette Use Among High School Students
— July 2006
Depressive Symptoms as a Longitudinal Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors Among U.S. Middle and High School Students
— July 2006
Early Drinking Linked to Higher Lifetime Alcoholism Risk
— July 2006
Reality Check 2006: How Black and Hispanic Families Rate Their Schools
— May 2006
Characteristics of Recent Adolescent Inhalant Initiates
— 2006
Decline in Teen Smoking Appears to be Nearing Its End
— Dec. 2005
Teen Drug Use Down But Progress Halts Among Youngest Teens
— Dec. 2005
Estimated Exposure of Adolescents to State-Funded Anti-Tobacco Television Advertisements
— Oct. 2005
Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol by Preschoolers While Role-playing as Adults
— Sep. 2005
Dynamic Effects Among Patients' Treatment Needs, Beliefs, and Utilization: A Prospective Study of Adolescents in Drug Treatment
— Aug. 2005
Major Mental Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Comorbidity, and HIV-AIDS Risk Behaviors in Juvenile Detainees
— July 2005
Mental Illness Exacts Heavy Toll, Beginning in Youth
— June 2005
A Conceptual Framework for Adolescent Health
— May 2005
Generation Rx
— Apr. 2005
Inhalant Use Associated With Other Substance Use and Delinquency
— Mar. 2005
Tobacco Use, Access, and Exposure Among Middle and High School Students
— Mar. 2005
Youth Who Run Away from Out-of-Home Care
— Mar. 2005
Does Alcohol Advertising Promote Adolescent Drinking? Results from a Longitudinal Assessment
— Feb. 2005
Youth Smoking Lower if States Followed CDC Guidelines for Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Spending
— Feb. 2005
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2005
— 2005
Cigarette Smoking Among American Teens Continues to Decline, But More Slowly than in the Past
— Dec. 2004
Overall Teen Drug Use Continues Gradual Decline, But Use of Inhalants Rises
— Dec. 2004
Adolescents' Beliefs About the Risks Involved in Smoking "Light" Cigarettes
— Oct. 2004
Delayed Alcohol Use Linked to Fewer Problems with Abuse or Dependence as Adults
— Oct. 2004
Evaluating Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Adolescent Probationers
— Oct. 2004
Randomized Trial of a Parent Intervention
— Oct. 2004
Smoking During Pregnancy in the United States, 1990-2002
— Oct. 2004
State Estimates of Neonatal Health-Care Costs Associated with Maternal Smoking
— Oct. 2004
Nation's Youth Turning Away from Marijuana as Perceptions of Risk Rise
— Sep. 2004
Prevalence, Stability, and Predictors of Clinically Significant Behavior Problems in Low Birth Weight Children
— Sep. 2004
Trends in Drinking Among Americans Age 18 and Younger (1975-2002)
— Sep. 2004
Association Between Patterns of Maternal Substance Use and Infant Birth Weight and Size
— Aug. 2004
Underage Drinking in Rural Areas
— Aug. 2004
Sex Differences in Adolescent Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines
— July 2004
Low Perceived Chances for Success in Life and Binge Drinking Among Inner-city Minority Youth
— June 2004
U.S. Youth No More Likely to Engage in Violence Than Youth in Four Other Countries
— June 2004
2003 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
— May 2004
Classroom Drug Prevention Works: But Left Unchecked, Early Substance Use Haunts Older Teens and Young Adults
— Apr. 2004
Effects of Two Prevention Programs on High-Risk Behaviors Among African American Youth
— Apr. 2004
National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse IX: Teen Dating Practices and Sexual Activity
— Apr. 2004
Babies Born to Mothers Who Drink Alcohol Heavily May Suffer Permanent Nerve Damage
— Mar. 2004
Effects of An Advocacy Intervention to Reduce Smoking Among Teenagers
— Mar. 2004
African American Teens Less Likely Than Others to Become Regular Smokers
— Feb. 2004
Initiation of Sexual Intercourse Among Middle School Adolescents: The Influence of Psychosocial Factors
— Feb. 2004
Sex, Drugs, and Delinquency in Urban and Suburban Public Schools
— Jan. 2004
Smoking Cessation Counseling with Young Patients
— Jan. 2004
Why Is Work Intensity Associated with Heavy Alcohol Use Among Adolescents?
— Jan. 2004
Ecstasy Use Falls for Second Year in a Row, Overall Teen Drug Use Drops
— Dec. 2003
Teen Smoking Continues to Decline in 2003, But Declines are Slowing
— Dec. 2003
Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students
— Nov. 2003
Project ALERT Helps Even High-Risk Teens Curb Substance Abuse
— Oct. 2003
Internet Sales of Cigarettes to Minors
— Sep. 2003
Longitudinal Effect of Intimate Partner Abuse on High-Risk Behavior Among Adolescents
— Sep. 2003
Student Drug Use Consistent With 5- and 10-Year Averages
— Sep. 2003
Severe Childhood ADHD May Predict Alcohol, Substance Use Problems in Teen Years
— Aug. 2003
Binge Drinking Among Youth Differs by Race, Gender, and Age
— Summer 2003
Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Absenteeism Related to Respiratory Illness in Schoolchildren
— May 2003
Student Drug Testing Not Effective in Reducing Drug Use
— May 2003
Childhood Abuse, Neglect, and Household Dysfunction and the Risk of Illicit Drug Use: The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
— Mar. 2003
Demographic, Intrinsic, and Extrinsic Factors Associated with Weapon Carrying at School
— Jan. 2003
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2003
— 2003
2002 Monitoring the Future Survey Shows Decrease in Use of Marijuana, Club Drugs, Cigarettes and Tobacco
— Dec. 2002
Declines in Alcohol, Ecstasy, and Overall Drug Use Among American Teens
— Dec. 2002
Involvement by Young Drivers in Fatal Alcohol-Related Motor-Vehicle Crashes
— Dec. 2002
Parents' Involvement Helps Kids Overcome Peer Influence on Smoking
— Dec. 2002
Peer and Parent Influences on Smoking Initiation Among Early Adolescents
— Dec. 2002
Psychiatric Disorders Common Among Detained Youth
— Dec. 2002
Teen Smoking Declines Sharply in 2002
— Dec. 2002
Using Marijuana May Not Raise the Risk of Using Harder Drugs
— Dec. 2002
What Are the True Benefits of School-Based Drug Prevention Programs?
— Dec. 2002
Building a Better Teenager: A Summary of "What Works" in Adolescent Development
— Nov. 2002
SAMHSA Unveils Data on Youth Violence
— Nov. 2002
Smoking Patterns of Household Members and Visitors in Homes With Children in the United States
— Nov. 2002
Highlights of 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)
— Sep. 2002
Television Viewing and Initiation of Smoking Among Youth
— Sep. 2002
Marijuana Use Among Youths
— July 2002
Teens Making More Responsible Decisions: Fewer Teens Using Tobacco, Marijuana, Engaging in Risky Sexual Behavior
— June 2002
Weight Concerns Increase Girls' Risk of Becoming Smokers
— June 2002
Youth Access Interventions Do Not Affect Youth Smoking
— June 2002
Cost-Benefit of Family Interventions Designed to Prevent Adolescent Alcohol Use
— May 2002
Drug and Alcohol Treatment in Juvenile Correctional Facilities
— May 2002
Teen Smoking Rates Decline Significantly
— May 2002
Cognitive and Motor Outcomes of Cocaine-Exposed Infants
— Apr. 2002
Recent Progress in Decreasing Youth Tobacco Use, But Much Work Remains
— Apr. 2002
Adolescent Reports of Physician Counseling for Smoking
— Mar. 2002
Evidence-Based Practices in Mental Health Services for Foster Youth
— Mar. 2002
Substance Use and Sexual Health Among Teens and Young Adults in the U.S.
— Feb. 2002
Cigarette Smoking Among American Teens Declines Sharply in 2001
— Dec. 2001
Early Precursors of Gang Membership: A Study of Seattle Youth
— Dec. 2001
Which Welfare Reforms Are Best for Children?
— Sep. 2001
A Century of Children's Health and Well-Being
— Dec. 1999
The Health Behaviors of American Parents: Implications for Children
— Sep. 1999
Benefits and Costs of Drug Use Prevention: Clarifying a Cloudy Issue
— 1999
Teenage Alcohol Misuse: A Big Problem and a Different Solution
— 1998
Can the Military Help Prevent Drug Use Among Youth?
— 1994
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