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Newshawk: Kirk
Webpage: http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14080018&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rf
Pubdate: Fri, 04 Mar 2005
Source: News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Copyright: 2005 The News-Herald
Contact:
Website: http://www.news-herald.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/305
Authors: Mark Scott and Tracey Read
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth)
A MISSED MESSAGE
Warning Signs Of Inhalant Abuse
Parents have done a great job advising their children about the dangers of
abusing alcohol and other drugs, says an official with the Ohio Department
of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. But when it comes to teen inhalant
abuse, the message is not getting delivered, said Stacey Frohnapfel-Hasson,
the agency's chief of communication.
"Inhalant use has fallen through the cracks," she said Thursday. She cited
a Partnership for a Drug-Free America report that indicates the use of
inhalants among middle school-age children increased by as much as 44
percent from 2002 to 2004. A youth risk behavior survey coordinated last
year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows 4.3 percent
of those ages 15 or younger reported having used inhalants within the last
30 days, Frohnapfel-Hasson said. The percentage of use in the last 30 days
was 5.3 percent for ninth-graders, according to the study. Eleven percent
of all school-age students report having used inhalants at least once in
their lives. The figure for lifetime use by ninth-graders was 15.7 percent
and 13.2 percent for children age 15 or younger.
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