Jason Leonard A, Pokorny Steven B, Adams Monica, Nihls Annie, Kim Hyo Yeon, Hunt Yvonne
DePaul University.
J Community Psychol. 2010 Jan 15;38(1):1-15. doi: 10.1002/jcop.20347.
This study evaluated the influence of tobacco Possession-Use-Purchase (PUP) law enforcement and illicit drug use and offers. Twenty-four towns were randomly assigned into two conditions. Both conditions focused on reducing minors' access to commercial sources of tobacco. The communities assigned to the experimental condition also increased their PUP law enforcement, whereas among communities in the control condition, PUP law enforcement remained at low levels. A Hierarchical Linear Modeling analytical approach was selected due to the multilevel data and nested design. The likelihood of a child currently using drugs, ever having used drugs, or illicit drug offers was lower in the experimental versus control conditions. These outcomes suggest that police efforts to reduce specific substance use behaviors (i.e., underage tobacco use) may have a positive spillover effect and help reduce teen drug use and illicit drug offers.
本研究评估了烟草持有-使用-购买（PUP）执法以及非法药物使用与提供情况的影响。24个城镇被随机分为两种情况。两种情况都侧重于减少未成年人获取烟草商业来源的机会。被分配到实验条件的社区还加强了其PUP执法，而在控制条件的社区中，PUP执法仍处于低水平。由于数据具有多层次性和嵌套设计，因此选择了分层线性建模分析方法。与控制条件相比，实验条件下儿童当前使用毒品、曾经使用过毒品或收到非法药物提供的可能性较低。这些结果表明，警方为减少特定物质使用行为（即未成年人吸烟）所做的努力可能会产生积极的溢出效应，并有助于减少青少年吸毒和非法药物提供情况。
