From a prevention perspective ... efforts to ... drive down social acceptance of marijuana use through media campaigns ... [are] probably a good idea given the relationships ... we observed.
And, in addition ... focusing ... on those youths who are more willing to take risks and participate in anti-social behavior ... .
If you can catch that early, that’s a really important intervention point.
Little, M., Weaver, S. R., King, K., Liu, F., & Chassin, L. (in press). Historical change in the link between adolescent deviance proneness and marijuana use, 1979-2004. Prevention Science.
Michelle Little
Prevention Research Center
Postdoctoral Fellow
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