Data Spotlight “Youths in Therapeutic Foster Care at Elevated Risk for Substance Use”

The Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality has released a data spotlight on youth in therapeutic foster care. The report found that youth in therapeutic foster care were more likely to have consumed alcohol, used marijuana, or engaged in the nonmedical use of prescription drugs in the past month compared to the national average of same-aged youth. An annual average of 133,000 youths aged 12 to 17 were in therapeutic foster care in the past year, according to the 2002 to 2010 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health.
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