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Sex Differences in Psychoactive Drug Use

Recent Epidemiology

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Alcohol and Drug Problems in Women

Part of the book series: Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems ((AADP,volume 5))

Abstract

The study of sex differences in the use of psychoactive drugs is particularly appropriate and timely for several reasons. Prior to the late 1960s, epidemiological studies of the incidence of drug-using behaviors were few in number. The socially significant increase in the use of illicit drugs during the late 1960s and early 1970s stimulated the collection of a sizable body of data on drug use throughout North America. These data offer an opportunity for retrospective analyses of drug-using behaviors.

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Ferrence, R.G., Whitehead, P.C. (1980). Sex Differences in Psychoactive Drug Use. In: Kalant, O.J. (eds) Alcohol and Drug Problems in Women. Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7737-9_4

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