Brief primary care intervention cut risky drug use among Latinos by 40 percent

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) Brief interventions in a primary care clinic can reduce patients' risky substance use by 4.5 days per month -- a 40 percent decline among the Latino patients surveyed -- compared with people who did not receive the brief intervention. This corresponds to two fewer weekends of drug use per month, or one less day of use per weekend, or a shorter monthly binge period.

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