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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Inhalant Abuse Increases in Pennsylvania County

Via The Progress in Pennsylvania:

The 2009 results of the Pennsylvania Youth Survey were recently released. The survey is administered every two years to students in grades six, eight, 10 and 12.

The survey revealed that inhalant abuse increased by 3% in Jefferson County from 2007-2009.

" In Jefferson County, aside from alcohol, students also reported marijuana (9.4 percent) and inhalants (5.9 percent) as the most used drugs in the past 30 days. While marijuana had a slight decline from the 2007 survey, inhalant use rose by more than 3 percent in 2009."

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