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Origins of Alcohol Abuse in Children and Adolescents

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When you first think about it, it looks hopeless: 50 million Americans snorting, popping, smoking and injecting powerful mind- and mood-changing drugs. Many of them are your children. Many of them are hooked. (Ubell, 1984, p. 13)

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Maisto, S.A., Carey, K.B. (1985). Origins of Alcohol Abuse in Children and Adolescents. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9820-2_5

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