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New research in the United States has found that Dominican-Americans and other Hispanic-Americans have lower rates of alcohol and illicit drug use than the national average.

The study found significant differences in rates of adult substance use among various Hispanic-American groups. For example, the level of past month alcohol use among Spanish Americans is above the national average and 50% higher than among Dominican Americans (60.8% versus 40.3%, respectively). And the rate of current illicit drug use among Spanish Americans is nearly three times higher than the level among Dominican Americans (13.1% versus 3.9%, respectively).

Substance use rates are much higher among US-born Hispanic Americans than those who were born outside the United States. For example, past-month binge drinking was reported by 57.7% of US-born Hispanic Americans and 37.2% of those born outside the United States, while the rate of past-month illicit drug use was 11.3% for those [...]

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