Prioritizing Alcohol Prevention: Establishing Alcohol as the Gateway Drug and Linking Age of First Drink With Illicit Drug Use.

@article{Barry2016PrioritizingAP,
  title={Prioritizing Alcohol Prevention: Establishing Alcohol as the Gateway Drug and Linking Age of First Drink With Illicit Drug Use.},
  author={Adam Etheridge Barry and Jessica L. King and Cynthia Sears and Cedric Harville and Irina Bondoc and Kessy Joseph},
  journal={The Journal of school health},
  year={2016},
  volume={86 1},
  pages={
          31-8
        }
}
BACKGROUND Given ever-reducing budgets of community and school substance use prevention programs. [] Key MethodRESULTS Alcohol is the most commonly used substance, and the majority of polysubstance using respondents consumed alcohol prior to tobacco or marijuana initiation.
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