Drug use was examined in a sample of high school students from a small city of 16,000 predominantly working-class residents. There were 579 high school participants (296 girls and 283 boys) of whom 102 were Black (53 girls, 49 boys). The analyses were based on responses to a self-...
A hierarchical cluster analysis was performed on 273 self- admitted high-school drug usersâ descriptions of how frequently they had employed marijuana, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, solvents, and opiates during the preceding year. Four types of polydrug users were identified and co...
Conclusions. Services focusing on prevention of sexually transmitted diseases should be provided to all male college students, regardless of the gender of their sexual partners. Such a general approach should also address drug and alcohol use before sexual activity. 展开 ...
E. (1968), DRUG USE ON HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES. Journal of School Health, 38: 638–646. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1968.tb04260.x Author Information Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, ...
The magnitude of sexualized drug use (SDU), also known as chemsex, and its association with sexually transmitted infections (STI) has not been systematically explored in HIV-positive patients. This study aimed to calculate the prevalence of SDU and associated factors in a sample of HIV-positive...
This study reports test-retest reliability and validity information for an anonymous high school drug use questionnaire. All drug use items were highly reliable in testings on the same students eight weeks apart. Composite drug scores were also highly reliable. A nine-item lie scale gave virtually...
Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975–2002. Volume I: Secondary school students. Beginning with the first survey of high school seniors in 1975, the Monitoring the Future study has provided the nation with a window through which to view... LD Johnston,PM O’Malley...
Descriptive statistics, including frequencies and percentages, were used for presenting tables. Chi-square analysis was used to present cross-tabulation between violence, drug addiction, and school-related variables. A p-value of ≤0.05 was considered to be significant. 3. Results Out of 440 high-...
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Levin and Belfied (2017), as cited by the National Center of Education Statistics (2020), revealed that each high school dropout cost the United States economy $272,000 due to “lower tax contributions, higher reliance on Medicaid and Medicare, higher rates of criminal activity, and higher re...