The text states, “More than three-fourths of American adolescents report that religion plays an important part in their lives. In study after study, those young people who report more involvement with religion are less likely to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or use any type of illicit drug.” What does the literature suggest as the reason this relationship between “religiosity” and lower rates of drug use is such a consistent finding? What other factors related to religious involvement in general might serve as protective factors against the use of these substances?
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