ReJoyce Green, Bethany J Wolf, Andrew Chen, Anna E Kirkland, Pamela L Ferguson, Brittney D Browning, Brittany E Bryant, Rachel L Tomko, Kevin M Gray, Louise Mewton, Lindsay M Squeglia
OBJECTIVE: Substance use initiation during early adolescence is associated with later development of substance use and mental health disorders. This study used various domains to predict substance use initiation, defined as trying any nonprescribed substance (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, cannabis), by age 12, using a large longitudinal data set. METHODS: Substance-naive youths from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ages 9-10; N=6,829) were followed for 3 years...
May 1, 2024: American Journal of Psychiatry