Drug use among Natives highest in nation

[Thunderwolf, MSN, RN]

Portion of article reads:

Native Americans were more likely than any other racial or ethnic group to have driven while drugged last year, according to statistics released by the federal government on Tuesday.

(article written Wednesday, September 17, 2003)

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health asked millions of Americans aged 12 or order to report whether they have driven under the influence of illicit drugs like marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Of the American Indians and Alaska Natives who participated in the survey, 6.3 percent said they had.

The rate was the highest of all groups in the country. It was followed by Whites (5 percent), African-Americans (4.5 percent), Hispanics (3.7 percent), Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (3.1 percent) and Asians (1.3 percent).

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