Illegal leisure revisited
Subtitle: changing patterns of alcohol and drug use in adolescents and young adults
By: Judith Aldridge ... [et al.].
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hove; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780415495523; 9780415495530
Subjects: Youth; Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence; Longitudinal studies; Drug abuse; Drug use; Alcohol use; Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Description: 'Illegal Leisure Revisited' updates the progress into adulthood of the cohort of 14-year olds that were recruited and tracked until they were 18 years old for the original edition. It relates relationships between their transitions to adulthood and the changing role of various legal and illegal drugs in their lives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History lessons: drug use trends amongst young Britons 1980 - 2010; title: The North-West longitudinal study; title: Alcohol 'our favourite drug'; title: Patterns: an overview of drug offers, trying, use and drugs experiences across adolescence; title: Pathways: drug abstainers, former triers, current users and those in transition; title: Journeys: becoming users of drugs; title: Towards the normalisation of recreational drug use.