Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

adolescence, drug use, protective factors, treatment

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

The adolescence stage of life is a critical period for increased risk behaviors such as use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs (Chen & Jacobson, 2012), unprotected sex and sexually transmitted infections (Center for Disease Control, 2014) as well as violent and nonviolent crimes (Pastore & Maguire, 2006; Collado, MacPherson, Kurdziel, Rosenberg, & Lejuez, 2014). Drug misuse during adolescence continues to be a problem in the United States. Mitchell et. al. (2014) illuminate the epidemical forces of drug use by reviewing data of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), showing that 1 in 10 adolescents from ages 12–17 in the United States report using illicit drugs and that almost 50% of high school students “will have used illicit drugs” by the time they graduate (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2010; Mitchell, Gryczynski, O’Grady, Schwartz, 2013).

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