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Comparative Study
. 1992 Aug;71(1):179-82.
doi: 10.2466/pr0.1992.71.1.179.

Sequences of drug involvement in African-American and Puerto Rican adolescents

J S Brook  1 , B A Hamburg, E B Balka, P S Wynn
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Comparative Study

Sequences of drug involvement in African-American and Puerto Rican adolescents

J S Brook et al. Psychol Rep. 1992 Aug.

Abstract

This study examined stages in drug involvement of 695 African-American and 637 Puerto Rican adolescents. Analysis indicated that adolescents progress through several stages of drug involvement: beer/wine, cigarettes or hard liquor, then marijuana, and, finally, illicit drugs other than marijuana. The sequence of drug involvement for both ethnic groups appears to be both unidimensional and cumulative.

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