Substance Use over the Military-Veteran Life Course: An Analysis of a Sample of OEF/OIF Veterans Returning to Low-Income Predominately Minority Communities

This paper presents an overview of substance use patterns of recent veterans returning to low-income predominately minority communities over four periods of the military-veteran career.

Respondent driven sampling (RDS) was used so that unbiased estimates could be obtained for the characteristics of the target population.

The majority of participants had used marijuana but no other illegal