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This research was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grant No. RO1DA04766, and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Grant No. 87JNCX0010. The authors thank Doug Luke, Deborah A. Salem, Linda M. Chatters, and Valire Carr Copeland for their thoughtful comments on earlier drafts of this paper. We also express our thanks to the research staff of the Baltimore Youth Study and the youths who participated in the study.
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Zimmerman, M.A., Maton, K.I. Life-style and substance use among male African American urban adolescents: A cluster analytic approach. Am J Commun Psychol 20, 121–138 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00942184
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