The substance of youth - the place of drugs in young people's lives today

By Perri 6, Ben Jupp, Helen Perry and Kristen Lasky, November 1997

Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Some sub-cultures of drug use

3. Relationships

4. Authority

5. Risk, excitement and lesiure activities

6. Optimism, pessimism and fatalism

7. The morality of drug use and its place in youth sub-cultures

8. Policy implications

9. Conclusion

Appendix 1: Research hypothesis, methods, problems and analysis

Appendix 2: Synergy research methods

Notes

References