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Early-onset drug use and risk for drug dependence problems

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Chen, Chuan-Yu, Storr, Carla L., Anthony, James C.·2009·Addictive Behaviors

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There is substantial evidence that alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis dependence problems surface more quickly when use of these drugs starts before adulthood, but the evidence based on other internationally regulated drugs (e.g., cocaine) is meager. With focus on an interval of up to 24 months following first drug use, we examine drug-specific and age-specific variation in profiles of early-emerging clinical features associated with drug dependence. Based upon the United States National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted in 2000-2002, the risk of experiencing drug dependence problems was robustly greater for adolescent recent-onset users of cocaine, psychostimulant drugs other than cocaine, analgesics, anxiolytic medicines, inhalants drugs, and cannabis, as compared to adult recent-onset users (odds ratio=1.5-4.3, p<0.05). This was not the case for the NSDUH hallucinogens group (e.g., LSD). The adolescent onset associated excess risk was not constant across all clinical features. Our evidence suggests promoting earlier detection and interventions, as well as greater parent and peer awareness of drug dependence clinical features that may develop early among young people who have just started using drugs.

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Authors
Chen, C.-Y., Storr, C. L., & Anthony, J. C.
Affiliations
  • National Health Research Institutes (TW)
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
  • Michigan State University (US)
Corresponding author
Storr, Carla L.
Venue
Addictive Behaviors
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-03
Volume
34
Issue
3
Pages
319-322
ISSN
0306-4603 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1965773300
Cited by
466
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 37 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 31 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 31 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 17
FWCI
6.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Health Research Institutes
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 DA09897, R01DA016323, K05DA015799, R01DA009897)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Keywords
adolescent drug use, drug addiction, cocaine dependence, psychostimulants, cannabis use disorder, inhalant use, analgesic dependence, hallucinogens, age of onset, substance use prevention
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Age Factors, Female, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Risk Factors, Substance-Related Disorders, Young Adult

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