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Young Men and Drugs in Manhattan: A Causal Analysis



NIDA Research Monograph, Number 39 [Printed in 1981]

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Foreword-----v

In Memoriam-----vi

List of Tables-----viii

Summary of Major Findings-----xiii

Chapter 1 - Introduction-----1

Chapter 2 - Lifetime Prevalence and Correlates-----6

Chapter 3 - Incidence and the Drug Epidemic-----25

Chapter 4 - Multiple Drug Use-----46

Chapter 5 - A Composite Index of Illicit Drug Use-----65

Chapter 6 - Drug Sales-----99

Chapter 7 - Predictors of Illicit Drug Use-----114

Chapter 8 - Causal Models to Explain Illicit Drug Use-----129

Chapter 9 - Toward Theoretical Synthesis-----157

Appendix A - Sampling Procedures-----173

References-----177

List of NIDA Research Monographs-----188




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