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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-11T07:10:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-11T07:10:05Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Said, G. (2021). Multiple theories behind gateway drugs and their influence on various generations, including a local analysis (Bachelor’s dissertation). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/91131 | - |
dc.description | B.A. (Hons) Criminology(Melit.) | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | The gateway hypothesis has proven to be one of the most controversial hypotheses relating to drug use. Policies and regulations regarding the consumption of marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco vary widely globally due to a lack of agreement on the effects of such substances. Despite the ample research as of today, debates on this controversial topic persist. This is a literature-based study aimed at exploring and summarising various hypotheses and research regarding the gateway theory and the role of gateway drugs. This study is also comparative, evaluating the drug situation in European and non-European countries through surveys and experiments conducted in various periods. Despite the extensive literature about gateway drugs, much remains unclear. Whereas the gateway hypothesis helps outline connections between early and later drug use, for various reasons, it is still considered complicated due to discrepancies in initiation sequences and progression of drug use. Despite this, one cannot exclude the fact that several hypotheses mentioned in this study indicate that alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco are linked to other illicit drug use, especially among adolescents. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Drug abuse -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Substance abuse -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Tobacco use -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Marijuana -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | Multiple theories behind gateway drugs and their influence on various generations, including a local analysis | en_GB |
dc.type | bachelorThesis | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Malta | en_GB |
dc.publisher.department | Faculty for Social Wellbeing. Department of Criminology | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Said, Ginesia (2021) | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacSoW - 2021 Dissertations - FacSoWCri - 2021 |
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