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A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug FreeA Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free Summer Friendships and Increased Risk of Drug UseA Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free
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Inhalant use is a widespread problem for young people. Nearly 1 in 10 8th-graders reports using inhalants in the past year, and 1 in 6 reports having used inhalants at some time in his or her life.
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Sources for Summer Friendships and Increased Risk of Drug Use

1 The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Winter 2004. Partnership Attitude Tracking Study: Parents With Children 18 and Younger, last referenced 5/3/05.

2 Van den Bree, M.B.M., and W.B. Pickworth. March 2005. Risk Factors Predicting Changes in Marijuana Involvement in Teenagers, Archives of General Psychiatry 62, last referenced 5/3/05.

3 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies. August 13, 2004. National Survey on Drug Use and Health, The NSDUH Report: Participation in Youth Activities and Substance Use Among Youths, last referenced 5/5/05.
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Reviewed on 6/23/06