Adolescent Brain Development and Drug Abuse New findings indicate that brain development still in progress during adolescence; immature brain structures may place teenagers at elevated risk of substance abuse and arrested brain development.

Treatment Research Institute www.tresearch.org 1 Adolescent Brain Development and Drug Abuse New findings indicate that brain development still in progress during adolescence; immature brain structures may place teenagers at elevated risk of substance abuse and arrested brain development. Ken C. Winters, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota _______________________________________________________________________ A Special Report Commissioned by the Treatment Research Institute Philadelphia, PA A. Thomas McLellan, Executive Director _______________________________________________________________________