Brief primary care intervention cut risky drug use among Latinos by 40 percent

New research finds that brief interventions in a primary care clinic can reduce patients' risky substance use by 4.5 days per month—a 40 percent decline among the Latino patients surveyed—compared with people who did not receive the brief intervention. This corresponds to two fewer weekends of drug use per month, or one less day of use per weekend, or a shorter monthly binge period.