Adolescent Drug Use

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Discusses main issues. The pervasive use of drugs and alcohol. Reasons for abuse including developmental trends. Intervention in drug-related behaviors. Predictors of teen-age drug use. Connection to family structure. Problems of substance-abuse interventions with adolescents. Conteends authoritarian models do not work. Suggests holistic treatment or 12-step program.

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"This research examines issue fronts related to use of drugs by adolescents. Three main features of adolescent drug use emerge from the literature. First there is acknowledgment that the problem of drug and alcohol abuse among adolescents is pervasive. Second, specific reasons for the phenomenon vary with the individual case but are connected to developmental trends that research has identified as common to adolescents in general. Third, intervention in drug-related behavior is both possible and desirable, although the manner of intervention appears to be related to its success or failure.
Although adolescence has been identified as a period of time in which individuals seek autonomy and personal identity distinct from that of their family units, and although peer influences and relationships have been found to be extremely ..."

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