Discuss the plethora of problems facing Urban Youth. Some of the challenges that we may face as social workers in framing the problem. In this assignment, I would like you to write a short essay describing the prevalence of specific problems/ issues that confront our youth living in urban enclaves. The issues I want you to focus on is Drug/Alcohol Abuse in Baltimore City. Please research the assigned problem and provide some current statistics on the prevalence of that particular problem in a narrative form. Please be sure that the problems reflect the needs/problems of urban youth specifically in Baltimore city (please make a distinction between national statistics and local statistics, and if possible, demographic breakdowns such as race, religion, or socioeconomic status.) Additionally, in section 2 of this paper, please provide some behavioral definitions to frame the problem. This assignment will allow you to build an evidenced-based intervention strategy that is also culturally competent. You must provide proper APA citations to all statistics. Please be sure you have at least 5 current sources in your bibliography
