Substance use Initiation among Justice-Involved Youths: Evidence from the Pathways to Desistance Study

IF 0.6 4区医学 Q2 Social Sciences

JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE Pub Date : 2019-03-04 DOI:10.1080/1067828X.2019.1578711

S. Baggio, P. Heller, E. Barnert, N. Tran, L. Gétaz, H. Wolff

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Abstract

Abstract This study aimed to identify substance use initiation among justice-involved adolescents transitioning into adulthood. Lifetime use of 11 substances was extracted from the U.S. Pathways to Desistance Study (N = 1,354) and modeled using latent class/transition analyses. Users were categorized into five classes: no/occasional use of alcohol and cannabis; alcohol, cigarette, and cannabis; stimulants; sedatives and hallucinogenic drugs; and all substance use. Justice-involved youths initiate substance use very early on, with substance users having already initiated substances between ages 16 and 23 on average. Those who used few substances at age 16 on average were likely to initiate illicit substances before age 23. Our findings support the importance of ensuring timely access to substance use prevention for this vulnerable population.

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参与司法的年轻人开始使用药物：来自渴望之路研究的证据

摘要本研究旨在确定司法参与的青少年向成年过渡时开始使用药物的情况。11种物质的终身使用是从美国的退出途径研究中提取的（N = 1354），并使用潜在类/过渡分析进行建模。使用者分为五类：不/偶尔使用酒精和大麻；酒精、香烟和大麻；兴奋剂；镇静剂和致幻药物；以及所有物质的使用。涉及司法的年轻人很早就开始使用药物，药物使用者平均在16岁至23岁之间就已经开始使用药物。那些平均在16岁时使用很少药物的人很可能在23岁之前开始使用非法药物。我们的研究结果支持了确保这一弱势群体及时获得药物使用预防的重要性。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse addresses the treatment of substance abuse in all ages of children. With the growing magnitude of the problem of substance abuse among children and youth, this is an essential forum for the dissemination of descriptive or investigative efforts with this population. The journal serves as a vehicle for communication and dissemination of information to the many practitioners and researchers working with these young people. With this singular mission in mind, the Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse provides subscribers with one source for obtaining current, useful information regarding state-of-the-art approaches to the strategies and issues in the assessment, prevention, and treatment of adolescent substance abuse.