Long-term Study Finds Teens Who Report Heavy Substance Use Continue to Have Drug Problems as Adults
A longitudinal study funded by the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) and just recently published in the Journal of American Medicine (JAMA Network Open) concludes the majority (60%) of adolescents with symptoms of heavy substance use had 2 or more symptoms of substance use disorder (SUD) in adulthood.[1] Up front, this research is rather…