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		Blueprint for Change: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
		Is There Justice in the Juvenile Justice System: Examining the Role of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
		National Child Traumatic Stress Network
		OJJDP, Assessing the Mental Health Status of Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings, August 2004
		Substance Use Treatment Need among Adolescents 2003-2004
		The Next Big Thing? Methamphetamine in the United States
		A Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts, SAMHSA, 2007
		A Medicaid Primer for Juvenile Justice Officials, National Academy for State Health Policy, April, 2008
		Improving Access to Health Coverage for Transitional Youth, Sonya Schwartz and Melanie Glascock, National Academy for State Health Policy, July, 2008
		Model Policies for Juvenile Justice and Substance Abuse Treatment, Reclaiming Futures, July, 2008

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For those convicted of drug offenses, a lower percentage of African-American youth (37%) received probation than White youth (44%) or Latino youth (53%). [more facts]