"Homeless young people use and abuse drugs and alcohol at alarming rates, perhaps as high as 50 to 84 percent, according to some studies. Beyond the obvious fact that using substances is bad for young people’s health, researchers say that drug and alcohol abuse can pull homeless youth farther and farther away from family, friends, school and other positive support systems. Interventions to get young people to stop using substances (or never use them in the first place) are crucial. But to date, we know very little about what works to help homeless young people get off and stay off drugs and alcohol...."
http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/the-beat/2013/04/homeless-youth-substance-use
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