STUDY: TEEN DRUG USE HIGHER IN RURAL AREAS

Adolescents in small-town and rural America are much more likely than their
peers in urban centers to have used drugs, according to a private study
released Wednesday. The report urges the government to reverse the alarming
trend by funding the war on drugs in nonmetropolitan areas.

Eighth-graders in rural America are 104 percent likelier than those in big
cities to use amphetamines, according to the study released by the National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.