Neighborhood violence linked to higher substance use among one in four US teens
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One in four U.S. adolescents is exposed to violence in their neighborhood, and those teens are more than twice as likely to use cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs to cope, according to a new study from the University of Texas at Arlington. Published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, the study was led by UT Arlington […]