Why do children experiment with illegal drugs? The declining role of peer pressure with increasing age

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-287

  McIntosh, J ^a   MacDonald, F ^a   McKeganey, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Illegal drugs; Peer pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746838056     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350500330465     Document Type: Article

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