Of the $1 Trillion Dollars That Drug and Alcohol Use/abuse

question 54

True/False

Of the $1 trillion dollars that drug and alcohol use/abuse costs the United States each year, $1.9 billion is spent annually to care for infants born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).

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Definitions:

STI

Sexually Transmitted Infections, infections that are transmitted through sexual contact, caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites.

Chlamydia

A common sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, often asymptomatic but treatable with antibiotics.

Gardasil

A vaccine used to protect against infections caused by certain strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), related to cervical and other cancers.

Cervarix

A vaccine that protects against certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause cervical cancer.