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Article: Substance use among Druze adolescent students in Israel: identifying predictors and patterns of use.(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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THE DRUZE POPULATION IN ISRAEL has unique cultural, social, and religious characteristics. This population has so far received scant attention from researchers studying substance use among adolescents. The goals of the present study are to identify patterns in substance use among Druze secondary school students and to provide a current status report regarding use and factors related to it in this population.
The Druze are a closed social and religious community which is concentrated mostly in mountain regions in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, with additional communities in Jordan and the United States. A distinct Druze country has never been established, both because ...