01.02.21 - Study finds teenage drug use higher in U.S. than in Europe.
Study finds teenage drug use higher in U.S. than in Europe.
A World Health Organization study of tenth grade students in thirty countries found that teenagers in the United States use illegal drugs more often than their European counterparts, but European teenagers drink alcohol and smoke more often. Zernike K. Study finds teenage drug use higher in U.S. than in Europe. Thor Bjarnason, sociologist at the State University of New York at Albany, spoke about results of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs, a WHO report he co-authored, at a recent World Health Organization meeting in Stockholm. Website of the World Health Organization.