SOC 3382 Lecture 2: Drug Use Part 2

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3382
• Professor: Graves

Document Summary

Figure 1. 3: trends in reported drug use within the past 30 days for young adults ages 18 to. Correlate: a variable that is statistically related to some other variable, such as drug use. Risk factors and protective factors: risk factors are correlated with higher rates of drug use, and protective factors are correlated with lower rates of drug use. Deviant drug use: adolescents who are likely to smoke cigarettes, drink heavily, and smoke marijuana are also likely to engage in other deviant behaviors and to not do well in school. Gender: males are more likely to drink alcohol, use tobacco, smoke marijuana, and use cocaine than are females. Race and ethnicity: example: whites are more likely to drink alcohol, use tobacco, or use cocaine than african americans and hispanics. Table 1. 2: risk and protective factors associated with marijuana use by adolescents.