%0 Journal Article
%T Examining heroin use and prescription opioid misuse among adolescents
%J Criminal justice studies
%D 2017
%A Forsyth, Craig J.
%A Biggar, Raymond W.
%A Chen, Jing
%A Burstein, Karen
%V 30
%N 3
%P 320-329
%X Based on data from 2008 thru the 2014 Communities that Care Youth Survey (CCYS), the authors examine change in lifetime use frequencyof heroin and misuse of prescription opiates using a cohort longitudinal model. The cohort were 6th graders in 2008; 8th graders in 2010; 10th graders in 2012 and 12th graders in 2014. <br><br>FINDINGS indicate a declining numbers of abstainers for both drugs and moderate associations between using both drugs in all 4 grades. Implications for delinquency models are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 1478-601X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2017.1286836