@article{ref1,
title="The poly-drug user: examining associations between drugs used by adolescents",
journal="Deviant behavior",
year="2017",
author="Jr, Raymond W. Biggar and Forsyth, Craig J. and Chen, Jing and Burstein, Karen",
volume="38",
number="10",
pages="1186-1196",
abstract="Based on data from the 2014 Communities that Care Youth Survey, the authors examine the associations between drug use frequencies among 11 drugs. This research represents a step in determining what leads to the use of dangerous drugs like heroin, other opioids, and other not so dangerous substances. <br><br>FINDINGS indicate the highest association is between marijuana and alcohol use. Most drugs show at least a low to medium association with all other drugs. <br><br>FINDINGS indicate the difficulty in making gateway assumptions and that poly-drug use determined by peer associations is a better explanation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-9625",
doi="10.1080/01639625.2016.1246022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1246022"
}