Author: Lloyd JohnstonPublisher:
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Category : Adulthood
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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National Trends in Drug Use and Related Factors Among American High School Students and Young Adults, 1975-1986
Author: Lloyd JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adulthood
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
National trends in drug use and related factors among American high school students and young adults, 1975-1986
Author: Lloyd D. JohnstonNational Trends in Drug Use and Related Factors Among American High School Students and Young Adults
Author: Lloyd D. JohnstonNational Trends in Drug Use and Related Factors Among American High School Students and Young Adults, 1975-1986
Author: Lloyd Douglas JohnstonPublisher:
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Category : Drug use
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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National Trends in Drug Use and Related Factors Among American High School Students and Young Adults, 1975-1986
Author: Lloyd JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adulthood
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
National Survey Results on Drug Use from the Monitoring the Future Study, 1975-1998: Secondary school students
Author: Lloyd JohnstonPublisher:
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
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 of current drug use and trends. Given the illicit and illegal nature of most of the phenomena under study and the absence of prevalence data, substantial misconceptions can develop and resources may be misallocated. Throughout this report, the focus in on drug use at the higher frequency levels rather than simply on who has used various drugs. A summary of the findings on trends includes: over more than a decade--from the late 1970s to the early 1990s--these were very appreciable declines in use of a number of illicit drugs among twelfth-grade students, and even larger declines in their use among American college students and young adults. These substantial improvements--which seem largely explainable in terms of changes in attitudes, beliefs about the risks of drug use, and peer norms against drug use--have some extremely important policy implications. One of these is that these various substance-using behaviors among American young people are malleable--they can be changed. Secondly, the demand-side factors appear to have been pivotal in bringing about these changes. the availability of marijuana, as reported by high school seniors, has held fairly steady throughout the life of the study. Improvements should not be taken for granted; relapse is always possible. In 1992, eighth graders exhibited a significant increase in annual use of marijuana, cocaine, LSD, and hallucinogens other than LSD, as well as an increase in inhalant use. In 1993, increases occurred in a number of "gateway drugs"--marijuana, cigarettes, and inhalants. The drug problem requires an ongoing, dynamic response from our society--one that takes into account the continuing generational replacement of our children and the generational forgetting of the dangers of drugs which can occur with that replacement. Contains 5 appendixes, 128 tables, and 105 figures.) (JDM)
National Survey Results on Drug Use from the Monitoring the Future Study, 1975-1993: College students and young adults
Author: Lloyd JohnstonPublisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
This report summarizes a national survey of drug use and related attitudes among American college students and young adults. Its data were derived from an ongoing national research and reporting program. The surveys address two major purposes: (1) to serve a social monitoring function so as to characterize trends in certain behaviors in the population; and (2) to develop knowledge so as to increase our understanding of changes in behavior. Distinctions were drawn among demographic subgroups, recorded incidence of first use, trends in use at lower grade levels, and intensity of drug use. Highlighted are key attitudes about illicit drug use, along with perceptions of certain aspects of the social environment, as potential explanatory factors. Attention was focused on frequent drug use rather than simply reporting those who have ever used various drugs. This strategy serves to differentiate levels of seriousness, or extent, of drug involvement. The last decade witnessed an appreciable decrease in the use of numerous illicit drugs among high-school seniors, accompanied by even larger declines in use among college students and young adults. However, these favorable trends in student populations stalled in 1985, indicating the tenuous nature of these improvements. Of particular concern is the possibility of an increased use of specific drugs accompanied by a general increase in drug abuse by younger cohorts. (RJM)
Illicit Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking by America's High School Studtents, College Students, and Young Adults, 1975-1987
Author: Lloyd JohnstonPublisher:
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Category : High school students
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Drug Use Among American High School Seniors, College Students, and Young Adults, 1975-1990: College students and young adults
Author: Lloyd JohnstonPublisher:
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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