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Latest SANDAG report shows more than half of juvenile arrestees test positive for drugs

SAN DIEGO - More than half of the juveniles arrested in San Diego County in 2009 tested positive for at least one drug, with marijuana use on the increase, while methamphetamine use declined, according to an annual study conducted by SANDAG.

"Overall, the data show that youth booked into Juvenile Hall continue to face a number of risk factors that require communities and systems of care to continue to work together,” said SANDAG Director of Criminal Justice Research Dr. Cynthia Burke. “Program and policy leaders need support as they target prevention and intervention efforts,

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