... drug users who teach them that rugs provide an answer to their feelings of inadequacy and stress. Research shows that a youth's association with friends who are substance abusers increases the probability of drug use. The relationship is reciprocal: Adolescent substance abusers seek friends who engage in these behaviors, and associating with drug abusers leads to increased levels of drug abuse. Peer ... 's family themselves. The association between parental drug abuse and adolescent behavior may have a genetic basis. Research has shown that biological children of alcoholic raised by nona...

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