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Tokarz, Edward, Jr.; Sullivan, Richard D. – 1989
Students-Teach-Students is a program that trains teams of high school students to present a smoking education program and role-model to fifth graders, helping them to overcome peer pressure to smoke cigarettes and marijuana. Surveys show that a significant percentage of students first begin to experiment with smoking cigarettes and marijuana…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Guides, Drug Use, Grade 5
Collett, Merrill – 1989
Traditionally U.S. drug policy and antidrug action has been focused on blaming traffickers and fighting suppliers. Only recently have people in the United States begun to acknowledge the part played by U.S. demand for illegal drugs. Past antidrug policy emphasized the foreign origin of the drugs, and tended to blame Latin American producers and…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Drug Education, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1989
This revised edition focuses on the prevention of drug use among school students, with increased attention to alcohol, tobacco, and steroids. The handbook, which begins with an introduction by Secretary of Education, Lauro F. Cavazos, provides new information about the effects of alcohol on young people; statistics on the harm it causes; and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Cocaine, Crack, Drug Abuse
Hamilton, Nancy L.; Brantley, Laura Bunch; Tims, Frank M.; Angelovich, Nancy; McDougall, Barbara – 2001
Substance-abusing adolescents experiencing inadequate family structure and functioning will be at a serious disadvantage with regard to recovery. The family support network (FSN) intervention seeks to extend the focus of treatment beyond the world of the adolescent by engaging the family, a major system in his or her life. Designed to increase…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Effectiveness
Delaney, Barbara – 2002
The annual Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) tracks consumers' attitudes about illegal drugs. PATS consists of two nationally projectable samples: a teen sample for students in grades 7-12 and a parent sample. The 2002 PATS, conducted in homes and schools, collected data using self-report surveys. Results indicate that after a decade of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Alcohol Abuse, Attitude Measures
Gordon, Susan M. – 2000
This report highlights the important trends in adolescent drug use. Although the focus is on the abuse of alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and inhalants, it is important to remember that adolescents abuse a wide range and combination of drugs. This report also addresses state-of-the-art treatment methods, and summarizes research on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Cocaine, Drinking

Gabany, Steve G.; Plummer, Portia – Journal of Drug Education, 1990
Studied 617 high school and college students prior to and after substance abuse instruction to determine relationship between perceptions and demographic characteristics, and to learn whether substance abuse instruction was related to changes in student's perception of relationships. Findings from Marihuana Perception Inventory showed five factors…
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Students, Decision Making, Drug Education

Beauvais, Fred – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1992
Using the 1988-90 American Drug and Alcohol Survey data, compares drug use (lifetime and 30-day prevalence) among reservation and nonreservation American Indians and non-Indians in grades 8 and 12 in 1988-90. Found highest rates of drug use (marijuana, cocaine, crack, stimulants, inhalants, hallucinogens, and other drugs), alcohol use, and smoking…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anglo Americans, Children, Drinking

McWilliams, John C. – OAH Magazine of History, 1991
Discusses drug use in U.S. history. Argues that a "get-tough" approach did not work in the past and will not work in the future. Suggests that history can provide a scholarly assessment of drugs, foster understanding of drugs in contemporary society, and enable students to evaluate drug policies more objectively. (DK)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Cocaine, Drug Abuse, Drug Education

Musto, David F. – OAH Magazine of History, 1991
Traces the history of drug control in the United States from the extensive consumption of opium, heroin, and cocaine before World War I to the popularity of marijuana and LSD during the 1960s. Discusses public concern over drug use that seems to peak following periods of widespread drug use that is linked to foreign influences. (DK)
Descriptors: Cocaine, Crime, Cultural Influences, Drug Abuse

Gomby, Deanna S.; Shiono, Patricia H. – Future of Children, 1991
Estimates the number of infants exposed to legal and illegal substances before birth, drawing on 27 published reports and National Institute on Drug Abuse data. The following are estimated exposure levels: (1) cocaine, 2-3 percent; (2) marijuana, 3-12 percent; (3) cigarettes, 38 percent; and (4) alcohol, 73 percent. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cocaine, Congenital Impairments, Drinking, Estimation (Mathematics)

Zuckerman, Barry – Future of Children, 1991
Reviews the effects of prenatal exposure to the following: (1) cigarettes; (2) alcohol; (3) heroin; (4) narcotics; (5) marijuana; and (6) cocaine. Also discussed are the effects of exposure to multiple drugs and research issues in assessing drug effects. The importance of environment in long-term outcome is emphasized. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cocaine, Congenital Impairments, Drinking

Warner, Jessica; Albanes, Ricardo; Amitay, Oren – Journal of School Health, 1999
Investigated how high school teachers interacted with students regarding marijuana. Data from focus groups with high school students indicated that only some teachers knew when students were high, many teachers tried or used marijuana, and individual teachers varied in their responses to students who were high. Teachers appeared reluctant to…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 2000
In a case involving questionable canine search-and-seizure practices, a circuit court upheld a school board's decision to terminate a teacher's contract. While touting zero tolerance, the board fired an honored teacher 3 years from retirement who may not have known about the marijuana cigarette in her car. (MLH)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Marijuana
Lenz, Brenda K. – Journal of School Nursing, 2003
Anticipatory guidance is a traditional nursing intervention. The purpose of this study was to identify factors to serve as targets for anticipatory guidance prior to high school graduation to reduce tobacco initiation among young adults after graduation. A sample of 203 randomly selected freshmen and sophomore students at a major midwestern…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Smoking, Graduation, Drug Use