By Selena Chavis
A comparison study of the racial and ethnic differences in adolescent substance use recently revealed that Hispanic middle school students are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol and use marijuana when compared to other race groups of the same age.
The survey, conducted at 16 middle schools in California, also found that Asians were least likely to use these substances.
Co-author Regina A. Shih, Ph.D. and other colleagues with RAND Corporation research group suggested that prevention programs for substance abuse may need to be refined to more appropriately address the differences in uptake between different race and ethnic groups.
“Most interventions haven’t really been tailored to be culturally appropriate,” Shih explained, further noting that each of the groups also had specific personal and environmental influences for why they made the choice to smoke, drink or use drugs. Read more…
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