Adolescent drug dealing and race/ethnicity: A population-based study of the differential impact of substance use on involvement in drug trade

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-91

  Floyd, Leah J ^a   Alexandre, Pierre K ^a   Hedden, Sarra L ^a   Lawson, April L ^a   Latimer, William W ^a   Giles III, Nathaniel ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Prince Georges' Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cocaine; Drug trade; Marijuana; Race ethnicity; SES; Substance use; Youths

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DRUG DEALING; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CRIMINALS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950222678     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952991003587469     Document Type: Article

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