Article: Cocaine, heroin not drugs of choice for students

Wendy Yu
University Wire
05-23-2001
(The Dartmouth) (U-WIRE) HANOVER, N.H. -- Illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine have been on the decline since the 1970s, even though they often receive much attention in the media and movies such as "Traffic" and "Blow."

Decades of characterization as the most dangerous and addictive types of illicit drugs have made the current generation of youth extremely cautious about abusing heroin and cocaine.

In fact, a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health in February of this year reports that marijuana has ceased to be considered a "gateway" drug to "harder" drug use because generations before and after the baby boomers are not likely to ...

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