Drug Use Initiation among Urban Black Youth: A Seven-Year Follow-Up of Developmental and Secular Influences.

Brunswick, Ann F.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ330816

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Drug Use Initiation among Urban Black Youth: A Seven-Year Follow-Up of Developmental and Secular Influences.

Brunswick, Ann F.; And Others

Youth and Society, v17 n2 p189-216 Dec 1985

Analyzes data on drug use initiation among Black, urban adolescents who were interviewed in an ongoing health study begun in 1968. Compares drug use patterns (prevalence and heaviness of use) at two life stages (ages 18-23 and 26-31). Examines ages at risk of drug initiation, lifetime prevalence, cumulative drug involvement, and timing of onset. (KH)

Descriptors: Black Youth, Drug Abuse, Health, Illegal Drug Use, Social Influences, Urban Youth

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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