Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Literature Review

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Meanwhile, ADHD can be linked to future risk with substance abuse. According to Caywood, Riggs, and Novins (2015), “Substance abuse problems represent a significant public mental health issue for adolescents in the United States” and most likely it is mental issues during childhood that causes future substance use disorders. However, substance use does not make the mental issues better but worse as “adolescent substance misuse increases the risk of developing co-occurring mental problems” which makes treatment more complex in the end. The authors reported the findings from the National Comorbidity Replication – Adolescent Supplement, which involved adolescents from the age of 13 to 18, stating that near 80 percent of adolescents had “consumed

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