Early alcohol or tobacco onset and transition to other drug use among students in the State of Morelos, Mexico

Wagner, Fernando A.; Velasco-Mondragón, Héctor Eduardo; Herrera-Vázquez, Magdalena; Borges, Guilherme; Lazcano‐Ponce, Eduardo

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.06.009

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“…For instance, Agrawal and Lynskey (2009) recently suggested, based on a longitudinal study of a large-scale U.S. adult sample, that the shared inhalation route of administration may explain the association often found between use of tobacco and cannabis. Shared environmental and social risk factors, including cultural norms, may also account for this association (Ellickson et al, 2004;Golub et al, 2005;Wagner et al, 2005). Yet, more research is still needed to understand this particularly strong association.…”

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Tobacco, Cannabis, and Other Illicit Drug Use Among Finnish Adolescent Twins: Causal Relationship or Correlated Liabilities?

Huizink¹,

Levälahti²,

Korhonen³

et al. 2010

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Among Finnish adolescent twins, we compared (a) a model that describes a direct impact of liability to tobacco use on cannabis and other illicit drug use with (b) a model that included a shared underlying liability for these substances. Furthermore, the extent to which genetic and environmental infl uences contribute to the covariation between liabilities to use these substances was examined. Method: Tobacco and illicit drug use were assessed at age 17.5 years. Twin data on 3,744 individuals were analyzed using standard biometrical methods. Two alternative multivariate models were fi t and compared with Mx, a statistical program for genetic model fi tting. Results: The multivariate model, including a direct impact of the initiation of tobacco use on illicit drug use, provided the best fi t to the data. In this model, the total variation in the initiation of illicit drugs was decomposed to genetic factors (32%), common environmental factors (20%), unique environmental factors (8%), and a component due to initiation of smoking (40%). Most variation in the progression of illicit drug use was the result of initiation of smoking and illicit drug use (83%). Conclusions: Liability to initiate smoking directly affects illicit drug use in our best-fi tting model. Our fi ndings suggest that several common genetic infl uences may be related to tobacco use and illicit drugs but that a search for specifi c genes underlying illicit drug use is justifi ed as well. Such specifi c genes may hold a key to understanding biological vulnerabilities that lead to illicit drug use, which could aid in the development of targeted interventions. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 71, 5-14, 2010)

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Tobacco, Cannabis, and Other Illicit Drug Use Among Finnish Adolescent Twins: Causal Relationship or Correlated Liabilities?

Huizink¹,

Levälahti²,

Korhonen³

et al. 2010

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…Gender differences in age of initiation for alcohol and tobacco also have been identified. The relatively early initiation of Mexican males into alcohol and tobacco use has been linked to their subsequent higher propensity to use other drugs (Wagner et al, 2005). Differences in the other direction have been found in initiation of illicit drug use among patients in drug abuse treatment (Ortiz et al, 2006).…”

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Gender identity and substance use among students in two high schools in Monterrey, Mexico

Kulis

Marsiglia

Lingard

et al. 2008

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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This study explored relationships between several hypothesized dimensions of gender identity and substance use outcomes within a non-probability sample of adolescents in Monterrey, Mexico. Based on Mexican concepts of machismo and marianismo, four gender identity constructs were measured: aggressive masculinity, assertive masculinity, affective femininity and submissive femininity. The study assessed how well these gender identity measures predicted substance use behaviors, substance use intentions, expectancies, and normative approval, and exposure and vulnerability to substance offers. Data were drawn from questionnaires completed by 327 students from 2 Monterrey secondary schools. Multivariate ordered logistic and linear regression analyses, adjusted for school level effects, indicated that aggressive masculinity was associated with higher risk of drug use on most outcomes, while affective femininity was associated with lower risk on selected outcomes. Assertive masculinity was associated with only one of the outcomes examined and submissive femininity with none of them. Most gender identity effects persisted after controlling for biological sex, academic performance, age, and other gender identity measures. For two of the outcomes, the gender identity measures had significantly stronger effects for males than for females. The findings are interpreted in light of males' higher risk for drug use and changes in gender roles and gendered behavior that are now occurring in Mexico as in the U.S.

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“…On average, Mexican males start drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes one year before Mexican females, with 60% of males starting to drink by 17 years of age and smoking tobacco by 18 years of age (Herrera-Vazquez et al 2004). Males' use of these substances at young ages has been linked to their subsequent higher propensity to use other drugs (Wagner et al 2005). …”

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Drug Resistance Strategies and Substance Use among Adolescents in Monterrey, Mexico

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This study examined drug resistance strategies and substance use among adolescents from Monterrey, Mexico. The focus was strategies that U.S. adolescents use most often to resist using substances, including refuse (saying no), explain (declining with an explanation), avoid (staying away from situations where drugs are offered), and leave (exiting situations where drugs are offered). Using self-administered questionnaire data from a convenience sample of 327 Mexican students enrolled at two secondary schools (preparatorias), we tested whether frequent use of particular drug resistance strategies predicted actual substance use. Multiple regression results showed that different strategies were effective for different substances, that some effects were mediated by number of offers received, and that certain effects were stronger for females than for males. Students using the refuse strategy reported less cigarette use and less binge drinking; those using the avoid strategy reported less alcohol and cigarette use; and those using the leave strategy reported less binge drinking and, for females only, less marijuana use. Use of the explain strategy was not significantly related to substance use after controlling for use of other strategies. Findings are discussed in terms of Mexican cultural values and their implications for the design of prevention programs for Mexican youth. KeywordsAdolescents; Substance use; Substance use offers; Mexican youth; Drug resistance Research on substance use among Mexican youth provides growing evidence that prevalence rates, the types of substances used, social risk factors for use, and the health and social problems associated with use are assuming patterns similar to those reported by youth Correspondence to: Stephen Kulis, Kulis@asu.edu. (Medina-Mora Cravioto 2003;Villatoro et al. 2004). Of growing concern are increases in illicit drug use among Mexican youth, who until recently have consistently reported lower rates of consumption of illicit drugs than U.S. youth, and a decrease in the typical age of initiation of substance use from 15 to 8 years of age (FelixOrtiz et al. 2001; Tapia-Conyer et al. 2001;Villareal et al. 2004;Villatoro et al. 1998). NIH Public AccessDespite the upward trend in drug use among Mexican youth and expanding research on its etiology, there are large gaps in the knowledge needed to inform the design of effective prevention efforts in Mexico. One relatively neglected research area is the strategies that Mexican adolescents actually use when confronted with substance use opportunities and the relative effectiveness of these strategies for resisting use of different substances. This study investigated whether the strategies used most commonly by U.S. adolescents to resist offers of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana are used with apparent success by Mexican youth, and whether use of particular strategies depends on the gender of the youth and the frequency with which the youth encounters offers of substances. We used data from a sample of Mexican secondar...

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Early alcohol or tobacco onset and transition to other drug use among students in the State of Morelos, Mexico

Cited by 38 publications

References 17 publications

Tobacco, Cannabis, and Other Illicit Drug Use Among Finnish Adolescent Twins: Causal Relationship or Correlated Liabilities?

Tobacco, Cannabis, and Other Illicit Drug Use Among Finnish Adolescent Twins: Causal Relationship or Correlated Liabilities?

Gender identity and substance use among students in two high schools in Monterrey, Mexico

Drug Resistance Strategies and Substance Use among Adolescents in Monterrey, Mexico

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