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Contemporaneous and Intertemporal Relationship Between the Consumption of Licit and Illicit Substances by Youth

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Using a representative sample of the 1999 National School-based Youth Risk Behavior Survey, this study investigated the risky behavior of cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana consumption by underage students. The research analyzes the contemporaneous and intertemporal relationship between the use of these licit and illicit substances. Evidence of a gateway from cigarettes to marijuana was found; however, prior use of alcohol does not significantly increase the likelihood of currently using marijuana.

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  1. University of Alabama, Box 870158, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487-0158

    Mohamed Abdel-Ghany

  2. Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742

    Min Qi Wang

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Abdel-Ghany, M., Wang, M.Q. Contemporaneous and Intertemporal Relationship Between the Consumption of Licit and Illicit Substances by Youth. Journal of Family and Economic Issues 24, 281–289 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025447305590

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