title: Inhalant users in drug abuse prevention programs.
abstract: Inhalant use and related background characteristics are examined for participants in state-funded drug abuse prevention programs in Texas. Inhalant use was found to be a significant problem among Mexican-American youth in low socioeconomic neighborhoods. Frequent users of inhalers were consistently distinguished from nonusers and less frequent inhalers on a number of dimensions and were found to have significantly more family, school, legal, and peer-related problems. Areas for future research and intervention are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D010379:Peer Group; D012306:Risk; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D013781:Texas