begin a process of "seriously reevaluating" drug education programs aimed at young people because they were not working ("Drug Policy Groups and Researchers Respond to Study of Teenage Drug Use and President's Initiatives," 1996). This followed a report from 1995 suggesting the same thing, that teenage drug abuse rose 78 percent from 1992 to 1995. This report was from the Department of Health and Human Services, noting that while drug use levels among adults during that time did not change, among teens 12 to 17 years old, drug use jumped 33 percent between 1994 and 1995 alone. Over this period, use of LSD and other hallucinogens among teens rose 54 percent, while use of cocaine rose 166 percent. Marijuana use rose 37 percent from 1994 to 1995 ("Drug Use Up Amongst Teens!," 1996
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