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Mar 1, 2024 · Substance use during adolescence is particularly dangerous because psychoactive substances, including nicotine, cannabis, and alcohol, can interfere with healthy brain development ( Winters, K. C., & Arria, A., Prevention Research, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2011 ).
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The motives for using substances among the students are associated with social aspects as. well as own pleasure and coping with stressful situations. The most prominent motive appears to be a desire to feel a part of the current social milieu and to attain or maintain high social status within the peer group. Several of the students expressed fear ...
Children of affluence are generally presumed to be at low risk for negative health outcomes. However, the current study, in accordance with other recent studies [29, 55], suggest problems in several domains including alcohol and drug use and stress related problems, even if the cause of these problems cannot be determined based on our interview stu...
The current study has a number of strengths. Firstly, we were able to recruit both male and female students between 15 and 19 years of age, living inside the affluent community as well as in neighboring municipalities, which provided us with a broad base of the students’ social context. Secondly, we included informants using substances as well as a...
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Jul 27, 2022 · Abstract. Substance abuse has been an intractable societal concern in the US for more than half a century. The recent opioid epidemic has only accentuated this problem. Adolescents are significant long-term contributors to the crisis due to their susceptibilities to drug abuse and impressionable age.
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Family. Parents and carers play a critical role in a young person’s development and can take steps to help prevent - or delay - a young person’s initial use of alcohol and other drugs. What increases the likelihood of underage drinking? parental drinking. parents who talk about alcohol ‘positively’.
are already using drugs to find ways to prevent further abuse or addiction. Practical issues, such as cost-benefit analyses, are being studied. Presenting these findings to the public is one of NIDA’s most important responsibilities. We are pleased to offer our newest edition of the publication, Preventing Drug Use among Children
