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Direct linkWallisch, Lynn S.; Spence, Richard T. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2006
This study describes the prevalence of alcohol and drug use, abuse, and dependence among adults on the Texas-Mexico border in 2002-2003. The findings are based on survey responses from a random sample of 1,200 adults living in households in three communities: El Paso, a densely populated city in west Texas; the less dense urbanized areas of the…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Drinking, Drug Use, Alcoholism
Peer reviewedHarlow, Kirk C.; Swint, J. Michael – Journal of Drug Education, 1989
Explored drug overdose mortality and its economic consequences through examination of Texas mortality data from 1980-86. Compared crude mortality rates across 10 drug categories. Found drug overdose mortality costs had more than doubled over 6-year period. Found men had greater illicit drug overdose risk than women; women had greater prescribed…
Descriptors: Adults, Death, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
