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    "title": "US Drug Use by Age Group - Free Download",
    "description": "Past-year drug use rates (percent of users) and median frequency of use for alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs, broken down by age, from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Contains 17 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
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    "seo_description": "Download US Drug Use by Age Group — 17 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
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      "Contains 17 records / 28 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from: https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data"
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