Full Description
Use this valuable knowledge about drug-taking behavior to plan strategies to prevent or reduce drug-taking among youth. The findings from this unique study have important implications for researchers, educators, practitioners, and local and state policymakers and planners for the development of initiatives for addressing smoking, drinking, and drug use among early adolescents and teenagers. The purpose of this informative volume is to further understand drug-taking behavior among adolescents by providing information on the prevalence, correlates, and consequences of drug-taking behavior among a large sample of adolescents. Although the focus is on Alaska, the findings generalize to comparably aged youth in general; moreover, comparisons with findings from national studies and other states provide interesting results.
Contents
Contents
Preface
Introduction
A Historical Review of Drug Use in Alaska
Method
Results: Part I, Total Sample
Results: Part II, Comparing Findings in Alaska, 1983 and 1988
Comparisons: Alaska and the Lower-48 States
Discussion, Conclusions, Implications, and Recommendations
List of References
Appendixes
