Does marijuana use serve as a gateway to cigarette use for high-risk African-American youth?
dc.contributor.author | Vaughn, Michael G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wallace, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Perron, Brian | |
dc.contributor.author | Copeland, Valire | |
dc.contributor.author | Howard, Matthew O. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-12-23T18:08:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-12-23T18:08:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-11 | |
dc.identifier.citation | The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 34, no. 6, 2008, pp. 782–791 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/61422> | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0095-2990 print | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1097-9891 online | |
dc.identifier.issn | DOI: 10.1080/00952990802455477 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/61422 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=19016184&dopt=citation | |
dc.description.abstract | Background/Objectives: The purpose of this investigation was to test whether the gateway hypothesis of drug initiation sequencing applies equally well to high-risk African-American and Caucasian youth. Methods: The study sample (N = 618, mean age = 15.5, SD = 1.2) represented the population of residents in the Missouri Division of Youth Services (DYS) who had initiated marijuana and nicotine use. Results: As hypothesized, African-American youth were significantly more likely to initiate marijuana use before cigarette use. Over one-third of African Americans reported initiating marijuana before cigarettes (37.9%), compared to less than one-quarter of youth in the other ethnic groups (Caucasian = 17.3%, Latino/Latina = 21.7%, Biracial/Other = 20.8%). Further, multinomial simulation and logistic regression models revealed that African-American youth were significantly more likely than other ethnic groups to initiate marijuana before cigarettes (Adjusted OR = 3.53, CI = 1.92-6.46). Conclusions/Scientific Significance: Findings suggest that the hypothesized gateway sequence may not apply equally well to African-Americans, and that prevention efforts based on this theory may need to be amended for these youth. | en |
dc.format.extent | 78700 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | Informa Healthcare USA | en |
dc.subject | Adolescent Drug Use | en |
dc.subject | Marijuana Use | en |
dc.subject | Race Disparities | en |
dc.subject | Smoking | en |
dc.title | Does marijuana use serve as a gateway to cigarette use for high-risk African-American youth? | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Work | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Brian Perron | en |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en |
dc.identifier.pmid | 19016184 | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/61422/1/Marijuana Gateway.pdf | |
dc.owningcollname | Social Work, School of (SSW) |
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