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Article: Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence.(Review)
- Article from:
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence, by W.A. Vega and A.G. Gil. New York: Plenum Press, 1998, 234 + xviii pages, $42.50 (cloth).
This volume has two general goals. The first is to present a comprehensive review of the field of adolescent drug abuse and dependence, together with a discussion of etiological factors, theory, and the state of the art in prevention. (There is also a cogent and extended discussion of the role of cultural identification and acculturation as they impact adolescent drug use.) The second goal of the book is to present the results from the first 3 years of a longitudinal study of ethnic minority youth (Hispanic and black) in Miami, ...