Critique of Adolscents and Illicit Drug Use

Bruner, A., & Fishman, M. Adolescents and Illicit Drug Use. The Journal of the American Medical Association, August 19, 1998, v280 n7 p597. This article discusses the increase in illicit drug use by adolescents between the ages of 12 - 17. The topics discussed range form the types of drugs which are increasingly being abused (methamphetemine, heroin, cocaine and LSD) to the trends in the increased use of the more widely abused drugs (marijuana, alcohol and tobacco). Starting with a …

…it was. It effectively sections off a particular subject, adolescents and illicit substance abuse, and makes the reader an informed reader. Although this article doesn’t paint a pretty picture, it does give the helping professional the ammunition they need to continue the battle for increased substance abuse programs and education. The responsibility of the helping professional is to provide support and effective treatment to those individuals who need it, especially when they are children.