School of Social Work, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, United States.
School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.
Addict Behav. 2018 Sep;84:106-109. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.04.006. Epub 2018 Apr 9.
The link between drug selling and other delinquent behaviors in adolescence is well established. Less is known regarding the trends in drug selling among youth in the US and whether they are consistent with the recently observed decline in problem behaviors among this population.
Data were collected between 2002 and 2015 as part of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Participants included 233,435 US youth aged 12-17. The primary variable of interest was self-reported past year drug-selling. Logistic regression assessed trends in drug-selling among male and female subgroups.
Between 2002 and 2015, the prevalence of drug-selling decreased significantly across all youth (AOR = 0.970, p < .001). Analysis of gender differences revealed that the rate of drug-selling decreased significantly among boys (AOR = 0.962, p < .001), however, the trend remained stable for girls (AOR = 0.987, p > .05). The decrease in drug-selling was observed for nearly all male subgroups, African-American girls (0.946, p < .01) and girls reporting no illegal substance use in the past year (0.960, p < .05).
The prevalence of past year drug-selling among youth in the US is declining significantly, especially for boys.
药物贩卖与青少年其他犯罪行为之间存在关联，这一点已得到充分证实。然而，关于美国青少年贩卖毒品的趋势，以及这些趋势是否与该人群中最近观察到的问题行为减少相一致，我们知之甚少。
数据收集于 2002 年至 2015 年期间，作为国家药物使用与健康调查（NSDUH）的一部分。参与者包括 233,435 名年龄在 12-17 岁的美国青少年。主要关注的变量是自我报告的过去一年药物贩卖行为。逻辑回归评估了男性和女性亚组中药物贩卖趋势。
在 2002 年至 2015 年期间，所有青少年的药物贩卖流行率均显著下降（优势比[OR] = 0.970，p < .001）。性别差异分析表明，男孩的药物贩卖率显著下降（OR = 0.962，p < .001），而女孩的趋势保持稳定（OR = 0.987，p > .05）。几乎所有男性亚组的药物贩卖率都有所下降，包括非裔美国女孩（0.946，p < .01）和过去一年未报告使用任何非法药物的女孩（0.960，p < .05）。
美国青少年过去一年药物贩卖的流行率显著下降，尤其是男孩。
