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Hispanic drug use rises in US culture

Substance abuse among recent Hispanic immigrants increases when they replace their traditional cultural beliefs with those of white Americans, according to new research presented today by Oregon State University assistant professor Scott Akins at the American Sociological Association's Annual Meeting in New York.

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