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Kumar, Revathy; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Johnston, Lloyd D. – Environment and Behavior, 2008
This article examines various aspects of school physical characteristics relating to problem behavior among students. We hypothesize that an attractive physical environment will be associated with less truancy, cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use, whereas a negative physical environment will be associated with higher levels of these behaviors.…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Physical Environment, Correlation, Student Problems
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McRae, Cameron F.; Nelson, Dorothy M. – Journal of School Health, 1971
The authors describe a program which sought to involve youth in seeking a solution to the smoking problem. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Health, Health Education, Health Programs
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Goldstein, William; Lovely, Edward C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1974
Article describes one school's experience with the problem of students smoking in the restrooms and steps taken to solve it. (GB)
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Smoking, Student Problems, Student Rights
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 2002
Describes Wisconsin case involving the suicide of seventh-grade girl after principal suspended her for having a cigarette in her locker--disciplinary action required by school board policy. Parents sued claiming violation of their daughter's 14th Amendment rights and state negligence laws. Federal appellate court dismissed all claims; parents…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Federal Courts
Gentile, Nicholas – 1984
This booklet presents 28 model programs for dealing with substance abuse which are currently used in New Jersey public schools. These programs are arranged in three categories based on the services which they provide: prevention (an attempt to avoid substance abuse problems before they appear); intervention (helping abusers who risk developing…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Drinking, Drug Abuse
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
Maxwell, Jane Carlisle; Liu, Liang Y. – 1999
This report discusses results of the 1998 Texas School Survey of Substance Abuse among Students. Results for secondary students were based on responses of 158,324 students in 66 school districts. This book is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 discusses the findings of the survey on a drug-by-drug basis to provide information on trends in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Demography, Drinking