Citation

Apsler R, Blackman C. Am. J. Drug Alcohol Abuse 1979; 6(3): 291-300.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

539572

Abstract

Results from a random household survey of the Boston Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area show a consistent and relatively strong association of adults' use of coffee, tobacco, alcohol, tranquilizers, and marijuana with their perceptions of present friends' use. Associations with parents' and past adolescent friends' use are much weaker. The results support efforts to explain illicit drug use with general theories of behavior acquisition and cast doubt on the utility of deviance theories.

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