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Social SciencesHealth BehaviorSocial PsychologyAdolescent HealthSocial InfluenceSubstance Use PreventionPeer Group DynamicsPeer InfluencePeer PressurePeer RelationsPeer RelationshipsSubstance UseDrug Use By AdolescentsPeer Influence On Substance UseProblematic Drug UseResistance To Peer PressureSubstance Use In AdolescenceSubstance Use In ChildhoodSubstance Use PressureYouth Substance Use Prevention
"Peer pressure" and "everyone is doing it" have been used as excuses for some drug-taking behavior for too long. We must look harder into reasons for drug use and neither accept these concepts nor teach our young people that this is what is really happening.