... between 1991 and 1999 (Kann et al., 2000; Johnston et al., 2001). In 2000, heroin use was the highest it had been in 25 years, and use of ecstasy nearly doubled from 6% in 1996 to 11% (Johnston et al., 2001). To make matters worse, the purity of both cocaine and heroin has risen considerably in the past decade while the prices ... . Between 1993 and 1998, the number of adolescents entering treatment rose more than 45%, from roughly 95,000 to 138,000 (SAMSHA, 2000). Most of the growth in the patient population was due to an increase in admissions for marijuana abuse/dependence. Enrollment...

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