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Young people's drug use stayed level during pandemic
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.33182
Subject(s) - pandemic , demography , drug , medical prescription , young adult , medicine , covid-19 , environmental health , gerontology , psychiatry , pharmacology , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
Alcohol use declined and use of nicotine and misuse of prescriptions increased among 10‐to‐14‐year‐olds during the pandemic, according to a study published last week. Overall, the rate of drug use among these young people remained stable during the pandemic based on repeated surveys of more than 7,800 people ages 10 to 14 conducted between September 2019 and August 2020.