North American Indigenous adolescent substance use

Melissa Walls; Kelley J. Sittner Hartshorn; Les B. Whitbeck

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.01.004

North American Indigenous adolescent substance use

Melissa Walls
, Kelley J. Sittner Hartshorn
, Les B. Whitbeck

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Abstract

Objectives: To investigate growth in problem drinking and monthly marijuana use among North American Indigenous adolescents from the upper Midwest and Canada. Methods: Panel data from a community-based participatory research project includes responses from 619 adolescents residing on or near 7 different reservations/reserves. All respondents were members of the same Indigenous cultural group. Results: Rates of problem drinking and monthly marijuana use increased steadily across the adolescent years, with fastest growth occurring in early adolescence (before age 15). In general, female participants reported higher rates of substance use prior to age 15; however, male reports of use surpassed those of females in later adolescence. Conclusions: Results of this study highlight the importance of early adolescent substance use prevention efforts and the possible utility of gender responsive programming.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2103-2109
Number of pages	7
Journal	Addictive Behaviors
Volume	38
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.01.004
State	Published - May 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This project is funded by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse ( DA 13580 ) and the National Institute of Mental Health ( MH67281 ), Les B Whitbeck, Principal Investigator. The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge comments received about the manuscript from the members of this project's community advisory boards.

Funding Information:
Funding for this study was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA13580) and the National Institute of Mental Health (MH67281), Les B. Whitbeck, Principal Investigator. NIDA and NIMH had no roles in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.

Keywords

Adolescent substance use
American Indian
First Nations
Substance use

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