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Download full textRedetzke, Pamela M. – 1996
Adolescents continue to use alcohol and other drugs despite the profound risks to their health. This thesis examines the attitudes of students in grades 7-9 toward alcohol and other nonprescriptive mind-altering substances. Eight independent variables were investigated: (1) gender; (2) grade placement; (3) DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Drug Use, Grade 7
Peer reviewedLeibsohn, Jacqueline – Journal of Drug Education, 1994
Surveyed college freshmen revealed similarities between college and high school drug use. Entering freshmen established friendships akin to high school relationships in which drugs and alcohol were used. Therefore, alcohol and drug use may be important determining factors in choosing new college friends. College orientation could help students…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Freshmen, College Students, Drinking
Crabtree, Michael – 1980
Marijuana and alcohol use by high school students has continued to increase through the latter part of the 1970's. To gain information on the extent of this problem in their area, a school district in rural western Pennsylvania approved a study of drug and alcohol usage by the school district's 2,200 students. For reasons of confidentiality, all…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Peer reviewedJames, William H.; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1996
Determines the level of drug and alcohol involvement of 369 middle and high school students and examines the effectiveness of early intervention. Results of the study underscore the frequency and seriousness of drug use, the need for more prevention efforts in elementary and middle schools, and additional treatment programs for high school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Drug Abuse
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G. – 1999
This two-volume monograph reports the results of the 24th national survey of drug use and related attitudes and beliefs among American high school seniors, the nineteenth such survey of American college students, and the eighth such survey of eighth- and tenth-grade students. The major purpose of this publication is to develop an accurate picture…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attitude Measures, Drug Use, Grade 8
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G. – 1999
This second volume, in a two-volume set reporting the results from the Monitoring the Future study, presents the results of the 1977 through 1998 follow-up surveys of the graduating high school classes of 1976 through 1997 as they have progressed through young adulthood. This current study, which draws the college sample in the senior year of high…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Drug Use, High School Seniors
