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• May 01, 2000 - Washington State DASA
Study finds that groups of middle and high school students with even moderate involvement with substance use and violence/delinquency have dramatically lower academic achievement than groups of students with little or no involvement in these behaviors. Moderate substance use and/or violence/delinquency were associated with test scores a full level below scores of groups of students not involved in these behaviors.

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