Drug abuse results from environmental factors such as accessibility, expectations, and values; the role models provided by the media and other societal influences, parents, and peers; and personal factors such as previous deviant behavior, the personal value system, and low grades. To reduce drug abuse, schools should provide integrated, growth-oriented programs that do more than just provide information and that address the variety of factors that influence drug abuse. Therefore, they should provide an atmosphere in which students take pride, and help students critically examine societal influences regarding drug use, teach them to resist inappropriate peer pressure, and provide extra academic help to those needing it. 5 references