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Monday, April 8, 2013

Inhalant Abuse on the Increase in Pennsylvania

Via the Courier Express in Pennsylvania:


The Clearfield-Jefferson Drug & Alcohol Commission Drug-Free Communities Coalition has expressed concern about a spike in inhalant abuse in their community.

The 2011 Pennsylvania Youth Survey revealed that in Clearfield County, 8.5% of 8th graders had used inhalants in the past 30 days (the state’s average is 6%) and that both the eighth and tenth graders use was higher than the national rate. In Jefferson County, 10th and 12th graders reported higher use compared to national findings.

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