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Adolescent Substance Use: America’s #1 Public Health Problem
Methods
CASAColumbia’s work for this report involved:
- National surveys of 1,000 high school students, 1,000 parents of high school students and 500 school personnel (including teachers, principals, counselors and coaches)
- Analyses of 7 national data sets
- Interviews with approximately 50 leading experts in a broad range of fields related to this report
- 5 focus groups with students, parents and school personnel
- A review of more than 2,000 publications
Results
The report finds that:
- Three-quarters of high school students have used addictive substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana or cocaine
- 46% of all high school students currently use addictive substances, and 12% meet the clinical criteria for addiction
- 90% of Americans who meet the medical criteria for addiction started smoking, drinking or using other drugs before age 18
- 1 in 4 Americans who began using any addictive substance before age 18 are addicted, compared to 1 in 25 who started using at age 21 or older
This study also identified the risk factors for teen substance use and addiction, including genetics, family history, psychological factors and environmental factors, and examined how American culture—specifically, messages sent by adults, as well as the media’s glamorization of smoking, drinking and other drug use—normalizes teen substance use and ultimately undermines the health and future of teens nationwide.
Teen substance use or addiction is the origin of the largest preventable and most costly public health problem in America today.
- Immediate costs per year of teen use include an estimated $68 billion associated with underage drinking and $14.4 billion in substance-related juvenile justice programs each year
- Total costs to federal, state and local governments of substance use, which usually has its roots in adolescence, are at least $468 billion per year—almost $1,500 for every person in America
Recommendations
It is essential to educate the public that teen substance use is a public health problem and that addiction is a complex brain disease that, in most cases, originates in adolescence. Our health systems must work to prevent or delay the onset of substance use through effective public health measures. Routine screenings should be conducted by health care providers to identify at-risk teens. Once these teens are identified, health care providers must intervene to reduce risky use and provide appropriate treatment if needed.
Download full report: http://www.casacolumbia.org/download/file/fid/850
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HONORABLE SCOTT P. TAYLOR
Judge Scott Taylor is a native of Baldwin County, Alabama, raised in the Silverhill area. He is a graduate of Bayside Academy, The University of South Alabama, and Thomas Goode Jones School of Law of Faulkner University.
Judge Taylor spent nearly 10 years in private practice with his father Lloyd Taylor and sister, Julie, and also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General before becoming Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney for the Baldwin County District Attorney. In 2012, he was elected to the 28th Judicial Circuit as a District Judge where he served for two and a half years. In 2015, Governor Robert Bentley appointed Judge Taylor to be a Circuit Judge after the recent retirement of Judge Robert Wilters.
Judge Taylor and his wife have five children and are both members of the Republican Party. He is a past member of the Baldwin County Republican Executive Committee, past president of the Fairhope Soccer League and has been active in coaching soccer for over twenty (20) years.
Courtroom #5 at Baldwin County Courthouse in Bay Minette, Alabama
Mailing Address:
312 Courthouse Square, Suite 22
Bay Minette, AL 36507
Phone - (251) 580-2570
Facsimile - (251) 937-0346
Judicial Assistant (Criminal): Karen McGhee - (251) 580-2570, ext. 3
Court Attendant (Civil): Brianna Jerkins - (251) 580-2570, ext. 2
Drug Court Coordinator: Raina Macks - (251) 580-2570, ext. 4
Court Reporter: Paula Price - (251) 580-2570, ext. 5
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The Baldwin County Drug Court Foundation
The Baldwin County Drug Court was founded in October of 2007. As many as 66% of the crimes committed in Baldwin County have some relationship to drugs and/or alcohol. The purpose of the drug court program is to promote justice and uniformity of judicial proceedings and decisions within Baldwin County as well as provide cohesive educational and rehabilitative efforts to meet the needs of those with drug and alcohol addiction to reduce future criminal conduct and return people to normal, productive lives.
Board Members and Community Partners
Judge Robert Wilters
Huey “Hoss” Mack
Hallie Dixon
Baldwin County Sheriff Department
Chief Drug Court Contract Counsel
Baldwin County Bar Association
Baldwin County Mental Health
Baldwin County Court Services, Inc.
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