This book represents a systematic and broadly based discussion and evaluation of the Gateway Hypothesis, according to which young people who progress in the use of drugs follow a specific sequence from the use of tobacco or alcohol to the use of illicit drugs to the use of illicit drugs other than marijuana. This volume evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the hypothesis from multiple disciplinary perspectives representing sociology, psychology, epidemiology, statistics, animal behavior, molecular biology and prevention.
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This book represents a systematic and broadly based discussion and evaluation of the Gateway Hypothesis, according to which young people who progress in the use of drugs follow a specific sequence from the use of tobacco or alcohol to the use of illicit drugs to the use of illicit drugs other than marijuana. This volume evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the hypothesis from multiple disciplinary perspectives representing sociology, psychology, epidemiology, statistics, animal behavior, molecular biology and prevention.
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The notion that there are developmental stages and sequences of involvement in drugs was first advanced a quarter of a century ago (Hamburg, Kraemer, & Jahnke, 1975; Kandel, 1975). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alcohol intercept, parametric event sequence analysis, drug use progression, one licit drug, sequencing tendency, adolescence limited use, latent statuses, gateway hypothesis, diverse problem behaviors, drug use sequence, substance use progression, versus the reverse sequence, substance use norms, nonscale types, substance use onset process, individual use histories, gateway sequence, initiating marijuana use, using arrestees, use statuses, acute reinforcing effects, proactive family management, sensitized behavioral response, latent transition analysis, marijuana initiation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The notion that there are developmental stages and sequences of involvement in drugs was first advanced a quarter of a century ago (Hamburg, Kraemer, & Jahnke, 1975; Kandel, 1975). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alcohol intercept, parametric event sequence analysis, drug use progression, one licit drug, sequencing tendency, adolescence limited use, latent statuses, gateway hypothesis, diverse problem behaviors, drug use sequence, substance use progression, versus the reverse sequence, substance use norms, nonscale types, substance use onset process, individual use histories, gateway sequence, initiating marijuana use, using arrestees, use statuses, acute reinforcing effects, proactive family management, sensitized behavioral response, latent transition analysis, marijuana initiation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, National Institute, Pharmacology Biochemistry, United States, Journal of Studies, African Americans, Brain Research, Government Printing Office, Research Monograph, Cambridge University Press, Caucasian American, Academic Press, American Psychological Association, Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of Drug Education, Confidence Interval, Multivariate Behavioral Research, European Journal of Pharmacology, Health Psychology, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Distress, American Psychiatric Association, Experimental Research, Journal of Drug Issues New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The National Drug Control Strategy by BPI Information Services on page 112
- Community Psychology (Essential Psy Ser.) by M. D. Bender on page 137
- Child Development by Karen Caplovitz Barrett on page 309
- Drug Abuse: Origins & Interventions by Meyer D. Glantz on page 135
- Mental Health by Eleanor C. Goldstein on page 312
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- Cannabis Use and Dependence: Public Health and Public Policy by Wayne Hall in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- A Crisis Call for New Preventive Medicine: Emerging Effects of Lifestyle on Morbidity and Mortality by Joseph A., M.D. Knight on page 735
- The Legalization of Drugs (For and Against) by Doug Husak on page 179
- The Crime Drop in America (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) by Alfred Blumstein on page 201
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