Illegal Leisure Revisited : Changing Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults.

Illegal Leisure Revisited : Changing Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults.

This book updates the progress into adulthood of the cohort of fourteen-year-olds who were recruited and tracked until they were eighteen years old. Illegal Leisure (1998) described their adolescent journeys and lifestyles, focusing on their early regular drinking and extensive 'recreational�...

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Main Author: Aldridge, Judith
Other Authors: Measham, Fiona, Williams, Lisa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Subjects:
Young adults > Drug use > Great Britain > Longitudinal studies.
Drug abuse > Great Britain > Longitudinal studies.
Risk-taking (Psychology) > Social aspects > Great Britain > Longitudinal studies.
Drug abuse
Young adults > Drug use
Great Britain
Longitudinal studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Illegal Leisure Revisited: Changing patterns of alcohol and drug use in adolescents and young adults; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Tables and Figures; Introduction; 1. History lessons: drug use trends amongst young Britons 1980-2010; Introduction; The illicit drugs use 'peak' of the 1990s; Post 2000 drug use trends; A switch to alcohol use; Political and policy responses to evolving drug and alcohol consumption; 2. The North West Longitudinal Study; Overview; Introduction; Appropriate resources; 'Experiencing' the research process; Sampling; Survey procedures.
  • The questionnaireIn-depth interviews; Validity and reliability; Summary; Evolving methods and techniques (1999-2008); 3. Alcohol: 'Our favourite drug'; Overview; Introduction; Patterns, past and present; The North-West Study: Alcohol through adolescence; Smoking; Conclusion; 1999 to 2005 Alcohol
  • Still our favourite drug; 4. Patterns: An overview of drug offers, trying, use and drugs experiences across adolescence; Overview; Introduction; Drug offers and availability; Ever tried a drug; Ever tried, by specific drug; First-time trying, by drug; Recency of drug trying and drug use.
  • The impact of gender, social class and raceExperiences of drug trying; Conclusion; Patterns: An update from 18 to 27 years of age; 5. Pathways: Drug abstainers, former triers, current users and those in transition; Overview; The pathways analysis; Drug status groups; The making of drug pathways; Drugs pathways into young adulthood; Summary; Pathways: an update from 18 to 27 years; The pathways analysis; Drug status groups; The making of drug pathways; Summary; 6. Journeys: Becoming users of drugs; Overview; Introduction; Getting drugs; Trying drugs; The cost-benefit assessment; Conclusion.
  • Journeys: update 18 to 27 years of ageSummary; 7. Towards the normalisation of recreational drug use; Overview; Introduction; The normalisation of recreational drug use; Rethinking the war on drugs; Illegal Leisure Revisited: the runaway train of normalisation; References; Index.

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