A study finds dramatic differences in drug use between American and European teens. A study released by the World Health Organization compared thousands of tenth graders in the U.S and in Europe. It found that 41-percent of American teens had tried marijuana compared with just 17 percent in Europe. And while nearly a quarter of American teens had used other illegal drugs only six percent of their European peers had done so. However teens in Europe were more likely to use alcohol or smoke cigarettes.
Researchers say the next step is to try to determine why the differences exist.
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