A drug survey found higher drug usage among males, blacks, eighth graders, children from broken homes, and children who do not plan to complete high school. It is suggested that these adolescents are enmeshed in an alienation syndrome'' and need a variety of services for prevention and rehabilitation. (Author)

This article develops a conceptual model of the causes of drug abuse and proposes an educational effort aimed at preventing those causes. (Author)

In this selection from a handbook for professionals concerned with drug abuse, the authors attempt to create a frame of reference which will lead to a better understanding of some of the factors that may be related to the dicisions of individuals to become involved with drugs of abuse. (Author)

A two-week multimedia drug education program was evaluated. Twenty-five per cent of professed users claimed to have stopped using, the 50

The study concludes that selective exposure seems unrelated to drug use and to certainty about various aspects of the harmful effects of drugs. These data suggest that drug education efforts are probably not losing their effectiveness because users refuse to initially expose themselves to information about harmful effects. (Author)

This article presents the common elements of seventeen abstracts of Federally funded drug education programs at various colleges and universities across the nation. (Author)

The reactions of workshop participants and the interpretations and impressions of the directors of the programs have provided foundations for developing a total community effort to solve the complex problems related to drugs. (Author)

The purpose of this study is to present a progressive understanding of the use of hallucinogenic drugs, particularly LSD, including a brief physiological tangent, in order to elucidate the ramifications of tripping,'' as it is colloquially referred to. (Author)

The incidence of drug use, the time of initial drug use, and the motivations for various types of use have been analyzed in this study. (Author)

This paper reviews the current literature concerning surveys of drug usage at the secondary and primary levels. It discusses how many elementary level students are fast becoming aware of the issue of drug usage due to personal experience or from interactions with friends or siblings. (Author)

The article describes a semester course at the graduate level in which students could explore the many factors associated with the use and abuse of drugs. (Author)

This article emphasizes the need for community involvement in controlling drug abuse. It illustrates the type of New York State legislation that gave rise to the creation of Narcotic Guidance Councils. (Author)

For the purposes of this study, a test-retest method of determining reliability was utilized. Results indicated that the instrument appears to be reliable in assessing attitudes-beliefs toward smoking. (Author)

A study of the content of street drugs available to a college campus and a community is presented. Emphasis is given to the adulterants and substitutions encountered in the illicit preparations. (Author)