title: Perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino high school students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Latino 9(th) graders (N = 1332) completed self-report measures of perceived discrimination and substance use behavior.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Perceived discrimination was associated with lifetime use measures of smoking (OR = 1.73, P < 0.01), alcohol (OR = 1.53, P < 0.01), marijuana (OR = 1.70, P < 0.01), and inhalants (OR = 1.50, P < 0.05); and past 30 day measures of smoking (OR = 2.54, P < 0.01), alcohol (OR = 1.63, P < 0.01), marijuana (OR = 1.95, P < 0.01), and inhalants (OR = 1.64, P < 0.01), and binge drinking (OR = 1.84, P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Latino adolescents who have higher perceptions of discrimination are at risk for substance use. Interventions to help Latino adolescents cope with feelings of discrimination may be a useful addition to substance use prevention programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA. jokamoto@usc.edu
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Anamara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ritt-Olson
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baezconde-Garbanati
authors.forename: Jennifer B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Unger