Illegal leisure revisited changing patterns of alcohol and drug use in adolescents and young adults / [electronic resource] : Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham and Lisa Williams. - Hove, East Sussex [England] : Routledge, 2011. - xiii, 251 p. : ill. - Adolescence and society series . - Adolescence and society. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-242) and index.

History lessons: drug use trends amongst young Britons 1980 - 2010 -- The North-West longitudinal study -- Alcohol 'our favourite drug' -- Patterns: an overview of drug offers, trying, use and drugs experiences across adolescence -- Pathways: drug abstainers, former triers, current users and those in transition -- Journeys: becoming users of drugs -- Towards the normalisation of recreational drug use.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781136822513 (electronic bk.)




Youth--Drug use--Great Britain--Longitudinal studies.
Youth--Alcohol use--Great Britain--Longitudinal studies.
Drug abuse--Great Britain.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Great Britain.
Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence--Great Britain.


Electronic books.

HV5824.Y68 / I45 2011

362.29/12008350941