Patterns of Drug Use from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: III. Predictors of Progression.

Yamaguchi, Kazuo; Kandel, Denise B.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Patterns of Drug Use from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: III. Predictors of Progression.

Yamaguchi, Kazuo; Kandel, Denise B.

American Journal of Public Health, v74 n7 p673-81 Jul 1984

A cohort of former New York State adolescents were reinterviewed nine years after an initial survey. Drug use predictions, it was found, can be based on age effects and prior types of drug use; marijuana use, for example, is necessary for progression to other illicit drugs. (KH)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cohort Analysis, Developmental Stages, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Drug Use, Influences, Marihuana, Predictor Variables, Smoking, Young Adults

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Language: English

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