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| A survey of health-related behavior among military personnel by Research Triangle Institute, released in 2003, found that "The significant increase from 1998 to 2002 in heavy alcohol use suggests that this is an area that may need greater emphasis by the Military. Indeed, the rate of heavy alcohol use had not changed significantly since 1988 and indicates that more than one out of six military personnel in 2002 was likely to be a heavy drinker. The finding of no significant change in illicit drug use between 1998 and 2002 and the relatively low rates of use for both surveys suggest that the Military's effort to curtail illicit drug use may have reached its lower limit. The trend line resembles an asymptotic curve that shows steep declines initially with successively smaller declines until it eventually flattens out. The 1992 through 2002 data suggest that the flattening point may have been reached and that it may not be realistic to expect drug use among military personnel to go much lower." Source:
Robert M. Bray, Hourani, Laurel L., Rae, Kristine L., Dever, Jill A., Brown, Janice M., Vincus, Amy A., Pemberton, Michael R., Marsden, Mary Ellen, Faulkner, Dorothy L., Vandermaas-Peeler, Russ, "2002 Department of Defense Survey of Health Related Behaviors Among Military Personnel," prepared for the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) under Cooperative Agreement No. DAMD17-00-2-0057 (Research Triangle Park, NC: Research Triangle Institute, Oct. 2003), p. 3-5.
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