... study found that the age group between twelve and twenty "every number ending in "teen-, consumes twenty five percent of the nations alcohol. Now, what defines abuse? Every seven minutes a youth is arrested for a drug crime; four million Americans between twelve and seventeen smoke cigarettes, and twelve million Americans the same age smoke marijuana (seventy-six percent of the total ... ). Alcohol and marijuana abuse is so prevalent in youth culture that it is even as accepted as malaise and anxiety . The second leading cause of death for people between ages fifteen and nineteen is suic...

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• Grade Level: Graduate