Beauvais Fred, Jumper-Thurman Pamela, Burnside Martha
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res. 2008;15(2):15-24. doi: 10.5820/aian.1502.2008.15.
Drug use among American Indian (AI) youth continues at higher levels than those found among other youth. While the rates are higher, the patterns of increases and decreases over the past 30-year period have been similar, indicating that AI youth are part of the larger adolescent culture. There is a set of secular influences that affect the rates of drug use in both groups in the same manner. The major implication of these findings is that effective interventions in non-AI groups may also be effective among AI adolescents. Intervention activities, however, must be adapted to be culturally congruent. Despite rising concern over methamphetamine use on reservations, the data presented here indicate that, with the exception of two points in time, the rates have not increased substantially for AI youth who remain in school. School dropouts and young adults/adults may be more vulnerable to the abuse of methamphetamines and the rates of use may be higher in these groups.
美国印第安（AI）青年中的吸毒率持续高于其他青年群体。虽然比率较高，但过去30年期间的增减模式相似，这表明AI青年是更广泛青少年文化的一部分。有一系列长期影响因素以相同方式影响着这两个群体的吸毒率。这些发现的主要意义在于，在非AI群体中有效的干预措施在AI青少年中可能同样有效。然而，干预活动必须进行调整以符合文化习俗。尽管人们对保留地使用甲基苯丙胺的担忧日益增加，但此处呈现的数据表明，除了两个时间点外，仍在上学的AI青年的使用率并未大幅上升。辍学者以及青年/成年人可能更容易滥用甲基苯丙胺，这些群体中的使用率可能更高。
