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McKay, James R.; Lynch, Kevin G.; Coviello, Donna; Morrison, Rebecca; Cary, Mark S.; Skalina, Lauren; Plebani, Jennifer – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: The effects of cognitive-behavioral relapse prevention (RP), contingency management (CM), and their combination (CM + RP) were evaluated in a randomized trial with 100 cocaine-dependent patients (58% female, 89% African American) who were engaged in treatment for at least 2 weeks and had an average of 44 days of abstinence at baseline.…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Contingency Management, Toxicology, Patients
Johnson, Mark B.; Voas, Robert A.; Miller, Brenda A.; Holder, Harold D. – Evaluation Review, 2009
Most information on the prevalence of drug use comes from self-report surveys. The sensitivity of such information is cause for concern about the accuracy of self-report measures. In this study, self-reported drug use in the last 48 hr is compared to results from biological assays of saliva samples from 371 young adults entering clubs. The…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Young Adults, Music Activities, Measurement Techniques
Ringwalt, Chris; Vincus, Amy A.; Ennett, Susan T.; Hanley, Sean; Bowling, J. Michael; Yacoubian, George S., Jr.; Rohrbach, Louise A. – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: Little is known about the context in which school-based suspicionless random drug testing (SRDT) occurs. The primary purpose of the current study was to describe school districts' responses to students' first positive result in districts with SRDT programs. Methods: Data were collected in spring 2005 from 1612 drug prevention…
Descriptors: Prevention, Drug Use Testing, School Districts, Law Enforcement
Brady, Lisa A. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
Today, there is a collective national awareness that an unacceptable number of teens are involved in the use of dangerous drugs such as methamphetamine, ecstasy, and heroin, and they have access to high-grade marijuana. Alcohol use, even more pervasive, results in risky sexual behaviors, automobile accidents, and even death. To the dismay of many…
Descriptors: Drug Use Testing, Testing Programs, High Schools, Drinking
Brady, Lisa A. – School Administrator, 2008
With 10 years of experience leading schools through random drug testing programs, the author, a superintendent, is convinced she's on the right track. At Hunterdon Central Regional High School District in Flemington, New Jersey, a school where she works as a superintendent, the author relates that they have seen a significant and well-documented…
Descriptors: Drug Use Testing, Testing Programs, High Schools, Drinking
Russo, Charles J. – School Business Affairs, 2009
Maintaining a safe, orderly learning environment is a significant challenge for education leaders, especially when students insist on bringing alcohol, weapons, and drugs into schools. To compound that challenge, educators who wish to uncover contraband must do so within the confines of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, School Safety, Student Rights, Privacy
James-Burdumy, Susanne; Goesling, Brian; Deke, John; Einspruch, Eric – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
One approach some U.S. schools now use to combat high rates of adolescent substance use is school-based mandatory-random student drug testing (MRSDT). Under MRSDT, students and their parents sign consent forms agreeing to the students' participation in random drug testing as a condition of participating in athletics and other school-sponsored…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Student Attitudes, Testing, Program Effectiveness
Nelson, Judith A.; Rose, Nancy L.; Lutz, Danielle – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2011
The purpose of this case study was to examine random student drug testing in one school district relevant to: (a) the perceptions of students participating in competitive extracurricular activities regarding drug use and abuse; (b) the attitudes and perceptions of parents, school staff, and community members regarding student drug involvement; (c)…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Early Intervention, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
Dembo, Richard; Belenko, Steven; Childs, Kristina; Greenbaum, Paul E.; Wareham, Jennifer – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2010
Data was collected on arrested youths processed at a centralized intake facility, including youths released back to the community and those placed in secure detention. This article reports the results of a test of a structural model involving newly arrested male and female youths' sexually transmitted diseases (STD) test results, urine analysis…
Descriptors: Test Results, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Drug Use, Factor Analysis
Rosenberg, Harold; Baylen, Chelsea; Murray, Shanna; Phillips, Kristina; Tisak, Marie S.; Versland, Amelia; Pristas, Erica – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2008
Aim: To assess college students' attributions for abstinence from alcohol and illicit drugs. Method: We recruited 125 undergraduates to rate the degree to which each of 41 listed reasons influenced their abstention from six specific substances (alcohol, MDMA/ecstasy, inhalants, cocaine, marijuana, and hallucinogens). Findings: Internal consistency…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Drug Use, Drug Use Testing, College Students
Walters, Scott T.; Vader, Amanda M.; Nguyen, Norma; Harris, T. Robert; Eells, Jennifer – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2010
Motivational interviewing (MI) has been recommended as a supervision style in probation. This project examined the effectiveness of an MI training curriculum on probation officer MI skill and subsequent probationer outcome. Twenty probation officers were randomized to receive MI training, or to a waiting list control, while an additional group of…
Descriptors: Supervision, Interviews, Probability, Caseworkers
What Works Clearinghouse, 2008
This study examines whether the Student Athlete Testing Using Random Notification ("SATURN") program affects illicit drug and alcohol use among student athletes. The study experienced high rates of sample attrition. Seven of the 18 study schools (39%) left the study and were not included in the analysis. Some students at the remaining…
Descriptors: Athletes, Drinking, Drug Use Testing, Drug Use
Barrington, Kyle D. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2008
Illegal drug use and abuse by the nation's secondary school students is a continuing public health issue and this is especially true for students living in rural, low-income areas where access to intervention and treatment services is often limited. To address this issue, some school districts have implemented voluntary, randomized, student …
Descriptors: Drug Use Testing, Secondary School Students, Rural Areas, Low Income Groups
DeMitchell, Todd A.; Kossakoski, Stephen; Baldasaro, Tony – Teachers College Record, 2008
Purpose: School superintendents are charged with maintaining the safety and security of the schools in their district. One major recognized threat to the security and safety of students and staff is the use of illegal drugs. Superintendents are responding to the constitutionality of student drug-testing policies by implementing drug-testing…
Descriptors: Safety, Testing, Drug Use Testing, Administrator Attitudes
Roll, John M.; Howard, Joni T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
We investigated the extent to which a contingency management (CM) procedure that deducted money from a grand total available at the end of the study compared to a procedure in which money accumulated with continued abstinence from cigarette smoking. Results suggested that the procedure in which money increased contingent on abstinence resulted in…
Descriptors: Smoking, Contingency Management, Test Results, Pilot Projects