A nurse working in the rural Southeast United States sees many young white adolescent girls in the clinic. The nurse should be aware that which type of substance use is highest among this demographic?
A) Smoking cannabis
B) Sniffing glue
C) Injecting heroin
D) Drinking alcohol
Ans: B
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For young adolescents, rates of inhalant use are highest for white females residing in the rural southeast (22.4%) and Mexican-American females (22.7%) living in rural parts of the western United States.
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