Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among youth in the United States.1. 1  Excessive drinking is responsible for more than 4,300 deaths among underage youth each year, and cost the U.S. $24 billion in economic costs in 2010.2,3.
Metro Denver has a population of more than three million people, and has a growth rate that has consistently outpaced the national rate every decade since the 1930s. The region grew steadily in the past 10 years, and by 2020, Metro Denver's population is anticipated to increase to more than 3.3 million.
As Las Cruces has grown, so has El Paso and Albuquerque. In the latest census estimates El Paso now has an estimated population of 679,036 residents, and is the 19th largest U.S. city. With an influx of Army soldiers now based at Fort Bliss, El Pasoâs population has grown by almost 30,000 since the 2010 census.