PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Synthetic Cannabinoids, Substance Abuse, Chemical Substance
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Juvenile drug use: however, while drug use overall has decreased among teens in recent years, marijuana is by far the most commonly used among this age group, sitnick and colleagues (2014) Discovered that the pathway to adolescent substance use can begin as the toddler period influences. Remains the drug associated with the highest percentage of juveniles arrested for drug abuse. Most juveniles know someone who sells drugs at school. Youths are often hired by older dealers. Generally do not have a strong relationship with family and prefer to associate with other deviant peers who use and sell drugs. Occasional juvenile drug dealers should not be put in the same category as regular juvenile drug dealers: gender differences in juvenile drug use. Juvenile males are arrested nearly five times more frequently for drug violations than are juvenile females. Increasing evidence that males and females experience different substance abuse trajectories and consequences. The use, sale, manufacture, distribution and possession of illegal drugs.
