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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
Download full textFredlund, Eric V.; And Others – 1990
This project is part of a multi-year program to gather detailed information about substance-use patterns among Texans. Investigators interviewed a total of 946 youths, age 10 to 17, as they entered Texas Youth Commission (TYC) reception facilities. Results show that 81% of TYC youth have used illicit substances--51% in their last month on the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cocaine, Crack, Drinking
