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From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News:
A study of drug use among young men suggests that those who used marijuana before trying alcohol or tobacco were about as likely to develop an addiction problem as those who drank or smoked before using marijuana, according to researchers who say the findings run counter to the "gateway" theory underlying much of U.S. drug policy.
Neil Capretto, medical director of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Aliquippa, Pa., said some addicted patients' first drug was heroin, not alcohol or marijuana.
The researchers did find, however, that marijuana users tended to have less parental supervision, live in neighborhoods where the drug was easily available, and were more apt to be behaviorally deviant, less involved in school, and to hang out with people that their parents didn't like.
The study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, was published in the December 2006 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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Posted on December 6, 2006 06:28 PM
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