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Age of first use and ongoing patterns of legal and illegal drug use in a sample of young Londoners
(Age du premier usage et types d'usage actuels de drogues illicites ou licites dans une cohorte de jeunes Londoniens)
Auteur(s) :
MAC CAMBRIDGE, J. ;
STRANG, J.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
313-319
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
12
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
CONSOMMATION
;
FACTEUR PREDICTIF
;
JEUNE
;
AGE
;
INITIATION
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
PRODUIT LICITE
;
ETUDE TRANSVERSALE
Thésaurus géographique
ANGLETERRE
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2005, 40, (3), 313-319
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The significance of ages of first use of cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis, and stimulant drugs were investigated in a sample of young drug users entering an intervention study in London. Age of first cigarette smoking emerges as a robust predictor of age of first cannabis use, and age of first cannabis use in turn is predictive of age of first stimulant use, among those using both drugs. In this sample, ages of first use of cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis are not predictive of whether stimulant drugs are used. In a series of regression models that take account of the influence of other factors, age of first use is found to have no relationship to levels of ongoing consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
National Addiction Centre (The Maudsley/Institute of Psychiatry), Addiction Sciences Building, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF. E-mail J.McCambridge@iop.kcl.ac.uk
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.