Does the economy affect teenage substance use?
Health Economics, Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 19 - 36, 2006
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112776317/ABSTRACT
Jeremy Arkes
"This research examines how teenage drug and alcohol use responds to changes in the economy. In contrast to the recent literature confirming pro-cyclical alcohol use among adults, this research offers strong evidence that a weaker economy leads to greater teenage marijuana and hard-drug use and some evidence that a weaker economy also leads to higher teenage alcohol use." [Sub required]