Alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis: drugs at age 17.

Tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis are the three psychoactive substances most commonly tried and used in late adolescence. Today, numerous studies shed light on adolescence and, in particular, track changes in the use of psychoactive substances. It is, in fact, during adolescence that young people first experiment with substances, whether legal or illegal, and that regular use may become established.[author’s summary]

Author(s): Beck F, Legleye S, Spilka S

Publishing year: 2010

Pages: 125-130

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