Social bond theory has received significant empirical support in examinations of drug use for decades. However, research utilizing the theory has often been fragmented and has not incorporated all four dimensions of the social bond. Additionally, much of this research has collapsed drug use into categories rather than examining specific forms of drug use. These concerns confuse the theoretical and practical insights that may be derived from such analyses. I utilize Monitoring the Future (2019) data to examine social bonding wholistically as latent classes in line with the concept of the social bond described by Hirschi (1969) and estimate the effect of the classes on specific forms of drug use. I find there are four distinct classes of social bonding among U.S. seniors most clearly differentiated by levels of attachment and commitment. Logistic regression results indicated different classes of social bonding were associated with different forms of drug use. I discuss the theoretical implications of the results and how they can be applied for criminal justice practitioners.

几十年来，社会纽带理论在药物使用检查中得到了重要的实证支持。然而，利用该理论的研究往往是零散的，并没有包含社会纽带的所有四个维度。此外，大部分研究都将吸毒归类，而不是检查特定形式的吸毒。这些担忧混淆了可能从此类分析中得出的理论和实践见解。我利用 Monitoring the Future (2019) 的数据，根据 Hirschi (1969) 描述的社会纽带概念，将社会纽带作为潜在类别进行整体检查，并估计这些类别对特定吸毒形式的影响。我发现在美国老年人中有四种不同的社会联系类别，最明显的区别在于依恋和承诺的水平。逻辑回归结果表明，不同类别的社会联系与不同形式的吸毒有关。我讨论了结果的理论意义以及它们如何应用于刑事司法从业者。