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Drug Abuse and the American Adolescent



NIDA Research Monograph, Number 38 [Printed in 1980]


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Table of Contents

Preface-----v
Jacqueline P. Ludford

Drug Use by Youth: An Overview-----1
Denise B. Kandel

Epidemiology of Drug Use Among Adolescents-----25
Judith Droitcour Miller

Personality and Sociodemographic Factors in Adolescent Drug Use-----39
Kelin E. Gersick

From Family to Peer: Transitions of Influence Among Drug-Using Youth-----57
Thomas J. Glynn

The Delinquency and Drug Use Relationship Among Adolescents: A Critical Review-----82
Richard R. Clayton

Adolescents and Drug Abuse: Biomedical Consequences-----104
Sidney Cohen

Executive Summary, Discussion, and New Directions for Research-----113
Robert Russell

Participants-----127

List of NIDA Research Monographs-----128



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