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Montana youths see higher substance abuse numbers

Posted: Nov 12th 2007 4:01PM by Brian White
Filed under: Healthy Kids

Montana youths are using illicit substances at a rate that is outpacing the national average, according to a new report from that state.

As a result, Montana is using such information to glean more federal grant money from the Addictive and Mental Disorders Division of the Department of Public Health and Human Services to fight the problem.

For older generations, it's hard to understand that 38 percent of Montana high school students admitted binge drinking within the past month, but those are the numbers according to the latest student survey. Anything over 10 percent should be cause for alarm in my book. What about yours?

Tags: Drug abuse, DrugAbuse, Montana, Montana drug abuse, MontanaDrugAbuse, teenage drug abuse, TeenageDrugAbuse

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