Tag: substance abuse
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Substance Abuse
SOCIAL INDICATORS 2007 Until recently, in American history, drug abuse was primarily confined to the poor and certain subcultures. Drug abuse escalated and entered mainstream culture during the 1960s and 1970s. Few reliable time-series statistics exist that measure levels of drug abuse over an extended period. The most widely used statistics come from the National…
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American Social Indicators, 2006: Getting Better but Feeling Worse
Over the past month, I have done twelve posts on American cultural indicators. Here is an index to those posts: Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy Suicide Crime (Part 1) Crime (Part 2) Substance Abuse Family Formation and Sexuality (Part 1) Family Formation and Sexuality (Part 2) Education Economic Status (Part 1) Economic Status (Part 2)…
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Substance Abuse
SOCIAL INDICATORS 2006 Substance Abuse Until recently, drug abuse was primarily confined to the poor and certain subcultures. Drug abuse escalated and entered mainstream culture during the 1960s and 1970s. Few reliable time-series statistics exist that measure levels of drug abuse over an extended period. The most widely used statistics come from the National Household…
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Social Indicators: Substance Abuse
Drug abuse was confined mainly to the poor and certain subcultures until recently. Drug abuse escalated and entered mainstream culture during the 1960s and 1970s. Few reliable time-series statistics exist that measure levels of drug abuse over an extended period. The most widely used statistics come from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA).…