Relative risk of adolescent drug abuse: Part I. Socio-demographic and interpersonal variables

This study was carried out on a sample of 254 male senior high school students in New Delhi. The authors found that variables contributing significantly to drug use were age, heterosexual dating, drug abuse among family members and drug abuse among friends. However, drug use was not found to be significantly associated with family income, father's occupation, family structure and place of residence. Since the sample studied was relatively small, additional confirmation is needed.