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To describe the life course framework for explaining how drug use trajectories evolve across a lifespan and examine its utility for guiding addiction research and clinical management.

November 6, 2007Evaluation Review

The Life Course Perspective on Drug Use

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YHYih‐Ing HserNeurobehavioral Systems DLDouglas LongshoreBoise State University MAM. Douglas AnglinUniversity of California, Los Angeles

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Theoretical review reveals how trajectories and turning points shape lifetime drug use, suggesting new strategies for managing substance dependence.

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To describe the life course framework for explaining how drug use trajectories evolve across a lifespan and examine its utility for guiding addiction research and clinical management.
Synthesized conceptual models applying the life course perspective to long-term patterns of substance use.
Evaluated key analytical components, including developmental trajectories, life transitions, turning points, and social capital.
Identified life course analysis as an effective organizing framework to classify diverse substance use trajectories and evaluate persistence versus desistance.
Demonstrated that temporally ordering lifetime events clarifies how social capital and transitional milestones alter drug dependence trajectories.

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Hser et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d94ef49873513554835eb0 https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841x07307316

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Theoretical review reveals how trajectories and turning points shape lifetime drug use, suggesting new strategies for managing substance dependence.

The Life Course Perspective on Drug Use

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