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Peer reviewedMcCutcheon, Allan L.; Thomas, George – Journal of Drug Education, 1995
Previous studies of the drug-use patterns of institutionalized youth found that they followed the standard progression of drug use from marijuana to hard drugs. Utilizing a probabilistic assessment of models, this study supports a modified gateway sequences in which cocaine use appears as an intermediate step between marijuana use and use of other…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cocaine, Drug Abuse, Illegal Drug Use
