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ERIC Number: EJ307992
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Personal Drug Use and Attitudes toward Prevention among Youth Living in a High Risk Environment.
Blount, William R.; Dembo, Richard
Journal of Drug Education, v14 n3 p207-25 1984
Compared non-users and users of alcohol and/or marijuana (N=1,020) in an inner city junior high school. Separate subcultures were strongly indicated with differences in attitudes, behavior, peer group, and significant adults. Almost any activity was seen as appropriate for a drug abuse prevention program. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Use, High Risk Persons, Individual Differences, Inner City, Junior High Schools, Peer Influence, Predictor Variables, Prevention, Social Environment, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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