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Table 5 Association between neighborhood illicit drug selling and no illicit drug use in past 30 days

From: Perceived neighborhood illicit drug selling, peer illicit drug disapproval and illicit drug use among U.S. high school seniors

 

30 day use of marijuana (no other illicit drug use) (N = 1,412)

30 day use of one illicit drug (N = 440)

30 day use of 2–10 illicit drugs (N = 395)

 

AOR

(95% CI)

AOR

(95% CI)

AOR

(95% CI)

Perceived neighborhood drug sales

      

Never

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

A few times per year

1.30*

(1.03, 1.64)

1.43*

(1.03, 1.98)

1.64*

(1.03, 2.63)

Once or twice a month

2.02***

(1.58, 2.58)

1.68**

(1.15, 2.45)

2.79***

(1.82, 4.25)

One or more per week

2.84***

(2.20, 3.67)

3.21***

(2.18, 4.71)

5.17***

(3.44, 7.78)

Almost every day

3.58***

(2.74, 4.67)

3.91***

(2.69, 5.70)

11.11***

(7.47, 16.52)

  1. Note: Comparison is 30 day use of no illicit drugs, N = 7,803.
  2. *= p<.05, **= p<.01, ***= p<.001.