Sequence and stages in patterns of adolescent drug use.
Sequence and stages in patterns of adolescent drug use.
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青少年吸毒模式的顺序和阶段。
作者：
D. Kandel;R. Faust
两项基于纽约州高中生的前瞻性纵向调查表明，青春期药物使用的进展和倒退背后有明确的步骤。至少可以确定与毒品有关的四个阶段：(1)啤酒或葡萄酒；(2)香烟或烈性酒；(3)大麻；(4)其他不良毒品。合法毒品的两个阶段是不使用和大麻之间的必要中间体。在没有大麻经验的情况下，很少有年轻人会转向其他非法药物。这一序列出现在高中毕业后一年的每一年。升级到较高级别的药物与前一阶段的使用强度直接相关。对药物行为阶段的识别对于研究预测、区分或导致药物使用的因素的最佳策略具有重要意义。
Two prospective longitudinal surveys based on New York State high school students indicate well-defined steps underlying adolescent progression and regression in drug use. At least four stages of involvement with drugs can be identified: (1) beer or wine; (2) cigarettes or hard liquor; (3) marijuana; and (4) other illcit drugs. Two stages of legal drugs are necessary intermediates between nonuse and marijuana. Very few youths progress to other illicit drugs without prior experience with marijuana. This sequence is found in each year of high school in the year following graduation. Progression to a higher-ranked drug is directly related to intensity of use at the prior stage. The identification of stages in drug behavior has implications regarding the optimum strategy for studying factors that predict, differentiate, or result from drug use.