South Carolina Study Shows Rural Moral Dangers
June 30, 2011
Isaiah 65:23? They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them.
Drug Use: Rural teens are at significantly greater risk of using drugs than both suburban and urban teens.
• Five of the 13 measures of drug use showed a significantly higher
prevalence rate among rural teens: chewing tobacco (11.5%),
chewing tobacco at school (7.6%), smoking cigarettes at school
(14.8%), using crack/cocaine (5.9%), and using steroids (7.4%).
Only one measure showed a significantly higher prevalence rate
among urban teens (smoking marijuana at school at 6.8%). The
remaining seven measures showed no differences by residence.
• Of important note is the prevalence of crystal meth use among rural teens. The proportion of rural teens who reported every using crystal meth (15.5%) was almost double the proportion of urban (8.8%) and suburban teens (9.5%). Crystal meth was the 4th most commonly used drug among rural teens after alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana, making it more popular among rural teens than chewing tobacco.
Authors:
Michael D. Mink, PhD(c), MPA
Charity G. Moore, PhD, MSPH
Andy Johnson, MPH
Janice C. Probst, PhD
Amy Martin, DrPH
http://rhr.sph.sc.edu/report/(4-5)%20Violence%20and%20Rural%20Teens.pdf
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