A group of young people that are important to examine, when exploring the correlation of alcohol and drugs to youth crime, is street youths. Street youths are faced with many very different issues with which other people their age do not faced. According to Baron (1999) there is a link between street life and peers abusing alcohol, and there is also a correlation between property crime and alcohol abuse. Peers were not the only factor that researchers found to impact street youths drinking behaviors. Unemployment is a factor that was identified as contributing to street youths use of alcohol. Street youth have difficulty entering the labor market and become depressed because they are unemployed and therefore tend to use alcohol more frequently (Baron, 1999). Certain street youths who use drugs and alcohol can not support their habit, thus turning to illegal activities, such as drug trafficking and property offences, in order to have funds to sustain their addiction (Baron, 1999). According to this research, there is a connection between property offences and all types of drugs and alcohol, while drug trafficking tends to be linked to the use of marijuana and psychedelics. Baron (1999) also explained that not all street youths that are involved in crime are also involved in the use of drugs. An example that this researcher noted is that street youths that take part in robberies are less likely to be heavy marijuana users. According to Baron (1999), robbery may not be attractive to street youths because robberies committed on the streets are usually caused by revenge; attempts to get back material goods that is owed or the final confrontation of many arguments and fights. In addition to these issues, many street youths that commit robberies do so because they want specific items for personal use; therefore, most robberies are not committed in order to resell the items. This means that this particular crime is in many cases not very attractive for someone tying to make money. It is clear that street youths are faced with many different issues than other young people and this should be taken into consideration by agencies that are trying to help them deal with issues.

There are many theories that attempt to explain the reasons why young people get involved with drugs and crime, and the correlation between both. There are also numerous intervention strategies that attempt to prevent and reduce drug abuse. Primary preven

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