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Three Factors Threaten Teens ArticleThree Factors Threaten Teens Article
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USA Today
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9th - 10th
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Three Factors Threaten Teens

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Learn main reasons why teenagers experiment with illegal drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes. This article provides statistics about teen drug abuse, discussion questions, and a writing activity.

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drug abuse

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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