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Risk factors for youth to use alcohol and other drugs:
Community Risk Factors​
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The availability of drugs
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Availability of firearms
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Community laws and norms favorable towards drug use
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Firearms and crime
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Media portrayals of violence
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Transitions and mobility
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Low neighborhood attachment
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Community disorganization
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Extreme Economic deprivation
Family Risk Factors​
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Family history of problem behavior
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Family management problems
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Family conflict
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Favorable parental attitudes and involvement in the problem behavior
Individual/Peer Risk Factors​
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Early and persistent antisocial behavior
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Rebelliousness
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Friends who engage in the problem behavior
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Favorable attitudes towards the problem behavior
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Constitutional factors
School Risk Factors​
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Academic failure beginning in late elementary school
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Lack of commitment to school