Neuropsychological Sequelae of Substance Abuse by Youths

Abstract

this chapter will focus primarily on the chronic effects of drugs / the research reviewed here has been limited to those studies investigating children, adolescents, and young adults, which herein will refer to individuals from birth through age 25 years drug classification / marijuana/hashish / cocaine / stimulants / inhalants / glue sniffing / gasoline inhalation / multisolvent inhalation / other inhalants / phencyclidine (PCP) / Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) / heroin / sedatives/barbiturates / alcohol / multidrug abuse / designer drugs methodological issues in substance abuse research (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)