Early drug use predicts later heavy use
Research suggests that the early first use of drugs is almost certainly ‘a major predictor’ of later heavy use
J Toumbourou and R Catalano, ‘Predicting Developmentally Harmful Substance Use’ in ed. T Stockwell et al., Preventing harmful substance use: the evidence base for policy and practice, John Wiley, 2005.
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Early drug use predicts later heavy use
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