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33450
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English
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Religion and Drug Use
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Religion, Mental Health, and the Latter-day Saints
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Provo, UT
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BYU Religious Studies Center
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169-178
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"This article analyzes a 1989 study by the Utah State Division of Alcoholism and Drugs in an effort to find patterns in prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. Respondents were former alcohol users who are Latter-day Saints, members of other religions, or persons who have no religious affiliation. Because of the Church's strong emphasis on abstinence, LDS users of alcohol tend to start at an older age when compared with the respondents of other religions or of no religion. LDS users also exhibit less frequency in their use of alcohol. However, the results show no difference between the three groups of respondents when testing for first use of marijuana or the quantity of alcohol consumed." [Abstract from chapter]