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Narcotics Use Among Miami's Public School Students, 1992: No Restraints
Author(s) -
Yarnold Barbara M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb01393.x
Subject(s) - miami , psychology , social psychology , white (mutation) , criminology , biochemistry , chemistry , environmental science , soil science , gene
This analysis examines narcotics use by 464 adolescents in Dade County, Florida public schools during 1992. Significant factors that tend to increase the probability of narcotics use include peer use of narcotics, that they are White, that they are male, and that they tend to be good students.