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Table 4 Association between neighborhood illicit drug selling and illicit drug use in past 12 months

From: Perceived neighborhood illicit drug selling, peer illicit drug disapproval and illicit drug use among U.S. high school seniors

 

12-Month use of marijuana (No other illicit drug use) (N = 1,972)

12-month use of one illicit drug (N = 747)

12-month use of 2–10 illicit drugs (N = 959)

 

AOR

(95% CI)

AOR

(95% CI)

AOR

(95% CI)

Perceived neighborhood drug sales

      

Never

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

A few times per year

1.31*

(1.07, 1.61)

1.43**

(1.10, 1.85)

1.34

(1.00, 1.80)

Once or twice a month

2.43***

(1.86, 3.17)

2.41***

(1.73, 3.35)

3.49***

(2.52, 4.82)

One or more per week

3.27***

(2.53, 4.23)

3.20***

(2.30, 4.45)

6.44***

(4.63, 8.96)

Almost every day

2.31***

(1.74, 3.09)

2.70***

(1.88, 3.89)

6.19***

(4.43, 8.64)

  1. Note: Comparison is 12-month use of no illicit drugs, N = 6,372.
  2. *= p<.05, **= p<.01, ***= p<.001.