Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Date of Award
8-2007
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Larry S. Miller
Committee Members
Dennis Hamm, Michael C. Braswell
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze gender, race, substance abuse programs such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), parents, and peers and their ability to influence or predict adolescents and their decisions to use marijuana. All of the variables used for this study came from secondhand data collected by Esbensen and Osgood (1999), Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.). The analysis revealed that males are more likely to have ever used marijuana, that mixed race adolescents have a higher rate than other races to have ever used marijuana, that when adolescents complete the substance abuse program, D.A.R.E. have a lower rate than those who did not complete the program, adolescents are less likely to have ever used marijuana when their parents know where they are, and adolescents are more likely to have ever used marijuana when they have friends who use marijuana.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Cosimano, Samuel Joseph, "Adolescents and Marijuana Use: The Affects of Peer and Parent Relationships and Substance Abuse Education." (2007). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2121. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2121
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.