Stages and Pathways of Drug Involvement: Examining the Gateway Hypothesis

by Edited by Denise B. Kandel

• ISBN13: 9780521783491
• ISBN10: 0521783496
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book represents the first systematic discussion of the Gateway Hypothesis, a developmental hypothesis formulated to model how adolescents initiate and progress in the use of various drugs. In the United States, this progression proceeds from the use of tobacco or alcohol to the use of marijuana and other illicit drugs. This volume presents a critical overview of what is currently known about the Gateway Hypothesis. The authors of the chapters explore the hypothesis from various perspectives ranging from developmental social psychology to prevention and intervention science, animal models, neurobiology and analytical methodology. This volume is original and unique in its purview, covering a broad view of the Gateway Hypothesis. The juxtaposition of epidemiological, intervention, animal and neurobiological studies represents a new stage in the evolution of drug research, in which epidemiology and biology inform one another in the understanding of drug abuse.

Author Biography

Denise B. Kandel is Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and Chief of the Department of the Epidemiology of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Foreword	xiii
Alan I. Leshner
Preface	xv
Part I Overview
Examining the Gateway Hypothesis: Stages and Pathways of Drug Involvement	3	(16)
Denise B. Kandel
Part II Recent Substantive Findings: What Do We Know About Stages of Drug Use, Risks, and Protective Factors?
Drug Sequences, Age of Onset, and Use Trajectories as Predictors of Drug Abuse/ Dependence in Young Adulthood	19	(23)
Erich Labouvie
Helene R. White
Substance Use Norms and Transitions in Substance Use: Implications for the Gateway Hypothesis	42	(23)
J. David Hawkins
Karl G. Hill
Fie Guo
Sara R. Battin-Pearson
Stages of Drug Involvement in the U.S. Population	65	(25)
Denise B. Kandel
Kazuo Yamaguchi
Substance Use Progression and Hard Drug Use in Inner-City New York	90	(25)
Andrew Golub
Bruce D. Johnson
Part III Impact of Prevention Interventions: A Test of the Progression Hypothesis
Preventing the Onset and Developmental Progression of Adolescent Drug Use: Implications for the Gateway Hypothesis	115	(24)
Gilbert F. Botvin
Lawrence M. Scheier
Kenneth W. Griffin
The Gateway Theory Applied to Prevention	139	(19)
Mary Ann Pentz
Chaoyang Li
Intervention Effects on Adolescent Drug Use and Critical Influences on the Development of Problem Behavior	158	(29)
Anthony Biglan
Keith Smolkowski
Part IV Methodological Issues and Approaches: Advantages and Limitations of Alternate Methods
Log Linear Sequence Analyses: Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Drug Use Progression	187	(36)
Kazuo Yamaguchi
Denise B. Kandel
Cigarette Use and Drug Use Progression: Growth Trajectory and Lagged Effect Hypotheses	223	(31)
Peter M. Bentler
Michael D. Newcomb
Marc A. Zimmerman
Using Latent Transition Analysis to Examine the Gateway Hypothesis	254	(16)
Linda M. Collins
Stages of Drug Use Progression: A Comparison of Methods, Concepts, and Operationalizations	270	(19)
Kazuo Yamaguchi
Part V Animal Models and Biological Processes: Implications for Drug Progression
The Value of Animal Models to Examine the Gateway Hypothesis	289	(29)
Neil E. Grunberg
Martha M. Faraday
Sensitization as a Process Underlying the Progression of Drug Use via Gateway Drugs	318	(19)
Susan Schenk
Neurobiology of Drug Addiction	337	(28)
George F. Koob
Part VI Conclusion
The Gateway Hypothesis Revisited	365	(8)
Denise B. Kandel
Richard Jessor
Index	373