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Acknowledgments

This publication was developed for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Applied Studies (OAS), by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), under Contract No. 283-95-0003. Dean R. Gerstein was the Principal Investigator, and Douglas A. Wright was the OAS Project Officer. Julie Lane (NORC) was responsible for conducting most of the analysis runs and contributed significantly to the writing; Douglas Wright (SAMHSA) provided overall guidance to the report, writing, and statistical direction; Dean Gerstein (NORC) provided statistical guidance and writing; Lynn Huang (NORC) conducted some of the analysis runs and served as a statistical consultant; Tara Townsend (NORC) conducted some of the early analysis, report planning, and writing; Zhiwei Zhang provided statistical support; and Victoria Stein and Marianna Toce served as editors. At Research Triangle Institute under Contract No. 283-99-9018, Mary Ellen Marsden (task leader) and Richard S. Straw reviewed and edited the report, and Pamela Parham-Jackson prepared the web-ready version.

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