Sentences with phrase «use of illegal drugs among»

First, the bottom line: drug test evidence from the 2017 Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index ™ shows that use of illegal drugs among the workforce is at its highest point in 12 years, and is trending...

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The Unit has identified the following objectives: • Decrease underage drinking, including age of onset, frequency of use, and perception of use by peers • Decrease illegal and other drug use among community members • Create a sustainability plan for Underage Enforcement Prevention Unit.

Illegal use of performance - enhancing drugs and the barriers stopping girls from taking part in team sports will be among the topics studied in new PE exams.

Illegal drug use among junior high and high school students — and the use of marijuana in particular — increased last year after decreasing for several years, a study released last week concludes.

Amend the Education Act to include the requirement to discourage the use of alcohol, illegal drugs and, except by a medical cannabis user, cannabis as one of the purposes of a code of conduct established by the Minister, among other things.

For instance, federal data show that children raised by single parents account for the great majority of high - school dropouts, illegal drug use, institutionalized juveniles and teen suicides, among many other negative impacts.

Previous studies suggested that early childhood trauma can lead to an array of negative health outcomes and behaviors, including substance abuse, among both adolescents and adults.22 — 25 For example, childhood physical and sexual abuse has been shown to be associated with illegal drug use.26 — 28 Although these studies provide evidence that most substance abusers come from abusive homes, many of these studies have taken a «categorical» approach to examine the relationship between 1 or 2 forms of these childhood exposures and subsequent drug abuse; few studies have examined illicit drug use and abuse in relation to multiple disturbing or stressful childhood exposures.

Risks of youth substance use, dependence, and need for illegal drug abuse treatment are generally higher among youth who live with a biological father and a stepmother than among youth who live with a biological mother and a stepfather.

The Monitoring the Future survey that studies drug and alcohol use among high school age students reported: «in 2014, approximately 20.3 % of 8th graders had abused an illegal drug in their lifetime, while 37.4 % of 10th graders had and 49.1 % of 12th - grade students reported lifetime drug abuse.»