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| Drug Abuse | 1 |
| Family (Sociological Unit) | 1 |
| Mass Media | 1 |
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| Peer Influence | 1 |
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| Childhood Education | 1 |
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| Norwood, Glenda R. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedNorwood, Glenda R. – Childhood Education, 1985
Discusses the increasing problem of drug abuse among young people in terms of social causes, including the disappearance of childhood, the changing family unit, changing value systems of the peer culture, prevailing social norms, and parental attitudes. Examples are given of mass media messages that promote drug use. (CB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Abuse, Family (Sociological Unit), Mass Media
