Assessing the Role of Context on the Relationship Between Adolescent Marijuana Use and Property Crimes in Mexico

Analytic induction (AI) is an interpretation of scientific method that emerged in early twentieth-century sociology and still has some influence today. Among the studies often cited as examples are Becker’s articles on marijuana use. While these have been given less attention than the work of Lindesmith on opiate addiction and Cressey on financial trust violation, Becker’s work has distinctive features. Furthermore, it raises some important and interesting issues that relate not only to AI but to social scientific explanation more generally. These concern, for example, the presence and nature of causal systems in the social world, the relationship between historical and generalizing approaches, the character and role of social scientific theories, and how they are generated. In this article Becker’s research is examined in detail, and these issues explored through comparisons with the work of Lindesmith and Cressey.

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An Analysis of the Relationship Between Parent and Adolescent Marijuana Use Via Generalized Estimating Equation Methodology

Multivariate Behavioral Research ◽

10.1207/s15327906mbr3003_2 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 317-339 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Terry E. Duncan ◽

Susan C. Duncan ◽

Hyman Hops ◽

Mike Stoolmiller

Keyword(s):

Marijuana Use ◽

Estimating Equation ◽

Generalized Estimating Equation ◽

The Relationship ◽

Adolescent Marijuana Use ◽

Generalized Estimating

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Parenting Practices as Moderators of the Relationship Between Peers and Adolescent Marijuana Use

Journal of Marriage and Family ◽

10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00011.x-i1 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

pp. 163-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Cassandra J. Dorius ◽

Stephen J. Bahr ◽

John P. Hoffmann ◽

Elizabeth Lovelady Harmon

Keyword(s):

Parenting Practices ◽

Marijuana Use ◽

The Relationship ◽

Adolescent Marijuana Use

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Using full matching to estimate causal effects in nonexperimental studies: Examining the relationship between adolescent marijuana use and adult outcomes.

Developmental Psychology ◽

10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.395 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 395-406 ◽

Cited By ~ 112

Author(s):

Elizabeth A. Stuart ◽

Kerry M. Green

Keyword(s):

Marijuana Use ◽

Causal Effects ◽

Adult Outcomes ◽

The Relationship ◽

Adolescent Marijuana Use

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Understanding the association between adolescent marijuana use and later serious drug use: Gateway effect or developmental trajectory?

Development and Psychopathology ◽

10.1017/s0954579408000308 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 615-632 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

H. Harrington Cleveland ◽

Richard P. Wiebe

Keyword(s):

Drug Use ◽

Marijuana Use ◽

Developmental Trajectory ◽

Psychoactive Substances ◽

Hard Drug ◽

National Longitudinal Study ◽

Other Substances ◽

Longitudinal Pattern ◽

Adolescent Marijuana Use

AbstractBecause marijuana use often precedes the use of other psychoactive substances, it has been characterized as a gateway to these other substances. The present study used data from both monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Youth (Add Health) to examine the “gateway effect” role of earlier marijuana on later hard drug use. Difference score analyses reveal that within-pair differences in earlier marijuana use, controlling for differences in earlier hard drug use, and peer marijuana use predicted later within-pair hard drug use differences for DZ twin pairs. In contrast, earlier differences in marijuana use among MZ twin pairs did not predict later hard drug use differences. Rather than supporting the interpretation that earlier marijuana use “triggers” later hard drug use, these results suggest that the longitudinal pattern of drug use that has been interpreted as the “gateway effect” might be better conceptualized as a genetically influenced developmental trajectory.

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