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Drug Use and
Delinquency
Drug Use and Delinquency
Frequently Abused Drugs
Marijuana
Marijuana Timeline
Hashish
Cocaine
Crack
Heroin
Alcohol
Texas
Underage Alcohol Laws
Alcohol
and Other Drugs on Campus
Hydrocodone
Questions
Surface About Hydrocodone
Other Drug Categories
Anesthetic Drugs
Inhalants
Sedatives
Tranquilizers
Hallucinogens
Other Drug Categories
Stimulants
Steroids
Designer Drugs
Cigarettes
Drug Use Today
The Monitoring the Future (MTF) Survey
The PRIDE Survey
Are the Survey Results Accurate?
Checkpoints
More than half of all high-school-age kids have
tried drugs.
Of these drugs, the most commonly used is
marijuana.
Use of cocaine and crack is on the decline.
Alcohol remains the drug of choice for most teens.
Ecstasy has become popular in recent years.
Teenage drug use is measured by two national
surveys, the Monitoring the Future Survey and the PRIDE Survey.
Both of these surveys show that drug and alcohol
use has declined in recent years.
Why Do Youths Take Drugs?
Social Disorganization
Peer Pressure
Family Factors
Genetic Factors
Emotional Problems
Addiction-prone personality
Problem Behavior Syndrome
Rational Choice
Pathways to Drug Abuse
Gateway Drug
Focus on Preventing and Treating Delinquency:
Problem Behaviors and Drug Abuse
Adolescents who distribute Small Amounts of Drugs
Adolescents Who Frequently Sell Drugs
Teenage Drug Dealers Who Commit Other Delinquent
Acts
Losers and Burnouts
Persistent Offenders
Checkpoints
Some kids take drugs because they live in
disorganized areas in which there is a high degree of hopeless ness, poverty, and despair.
There is peer pressure to take drugs and to drink.
Kids whose parents take drugs are more likely to
become abusers themselves.
Some experts believe that drug dependency is a
genetic condition.
Youngsters with emotional problems may be
drug-prone.
Drug use may be part of a general problem behavior
syndrome.
Drug use may also be rational: kids take drugs and
drink alcohol simply because they enjoy the experience.
There are a number of pathways to drug abuse.
Some users distribute small amounts of drugs,
others are frequent dealers, while another group supplements drug dealing with other
crimes.
Some users are always in trouble and are
considered burnouts.
Drugs and Chronic Offending
Explaining Drug Use and Delinquency
What Does This Mean to Me? Reducing Drug Activity
Drug Control Strategies
Law Enforcement Efforts
Source Control
Border Control
Community Strategies
Treatment Strategies
Multisystemic Treatment (MST)
Focus on Preventing and Treating Delinquency: Drug
Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
Targeting Dealers
Education Strategies
What Does the Future Hold?
Legalization of Drugs
Juvenile Drug Courts Must Be Different
Checkpoints
There is a strong association between drug use and
delinquency.
Juvenile arrestees often test positive for drugs.
Chronic offenders are often drug abusers.
Though drug use and delinquency are associated, it
is difficult to show that abusing drugs leads kids into a delinquent way of life.
There are a number of drug-control strategies,
some relying on law enforcement efforts and other on treatment.
There are a number of drug education initiatives
D.A.R.E. is a popular school-based prevention
program that has been the target of recent criticism; it is being revamped.
New Directions in Preventing Delinquency
Secondary Prevention Efforts: Family and Community
Mentoring
After-School Programs
Job Training
Comprehensive Community-Based Programs
Future of Delinquency Prevention
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