The use of addictive substances—tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs— during adolescence interferes with brain
development and increases the risk of serious health and mental health conditions, including addiction. Yet,
adolescents live in a culture in which family, social, community, and media influences regularly bombard
them with pro-substance use messages, creating an environment in which substance use is considered an
expected behavior, rather than a considerable health risk. To prevent the significant harm that falls to teens
and young adults because of substance use, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at
Columbia University (CASA Columbia) undertook a study to explore how adolescent brain development
relates to the risk of substance use and addiction; the cultural influences that create an environment in which
substance use is considered normative behavior; individual factors that make some teens more disposed to
substance use and addiction; and evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies for addressing this
problem. The recently published report Adolescent Substance Use: America’s #1 Public Health Problem concludes
that risky substance use is a major public health problem that can be ameliorated through evidencebased
public health measures, including education about the disease and its risk factors, screenings, and
clinical interventions, and that addiction can be treated and managed effectively within routine health care
practice and specialty care.
The use of addictive substances—tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs— during adolescence interferes with braindevelopment and increases the risk of serious health and mental health conditions, including addiction. Yet,adolescents live in a culture in which family, social, community, and media influences regularly bombardthem with pro-substance use messages, creating an environment in which substance use is considered anexpected behavior, rather than a considerable health risk. To prevent the significant harm that falls to teensand young adults because of substance use, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse atColumbia University (CASA Columbia) undertook a study to explore how adolescent brain developmentrelates to the risk of substance use and addiction; the cultural influences that create an environment in whichsubstance use is considered normative behavior; individual factors that make some teens more disposed tosubstance use and addiction; and evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies for addressing thisproblem. The recently published report Adolescent Substance Use: America’s #1 Public Health Problem concludesthat risky substance use is a major public health problem that can be ameliorated through evidencebasedpublic health measures, including education about the disease and its risk factors, screenings, andclinical interventions, and that addiction can be treated and managed effectively within routine health carepractice and specialty care.
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