A recently released study from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America found that 73 percent of teenagers reported school stress is the main reason for adolescent drug use. The study found deep disconnects between teenagers and their parents in understanding the factors that lead to drug use.

"Only 7 percent of parents believe that teens might use drugs to cope with stress. 'A wide disconnect exists between what teens are thinking and feeling and what parents believe about their teens when it comes to attitudes about drug use,' said Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Director Angela Cornelius Dawson."

The study marks a dramatic shift in the reasons teenagers use drugs. In previous studies, 65 percent of teens said they'd used drugs to "feel cool." Source: The Toledo Journal

Labels: drug_abuse, influences, stress