Data in this report were obtained through telephone surveys of a representative sample of the Nation's 8,913 rural school districts, and visits to 20 selected school districts. Officials in sites visited for this survey confirmed information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse that students in rural America use alcohol and other dangerous drugs at rates similar to students in urban and suburban areas. An estimated 99 percent of all rural school districts had at least three types of drug education programs for students. Many also provided training for teachers and programs to educate and involve parents and others in the community. Drug-Free Schools grants were the primary source of drug education and prevention funding in more than half of all rural school districts. Overall, 86 percent of rural districts received such funds for school year 1990-91, and approximately 66 percent paid for more than half of their drug education programs with those funds. Footnotes, figures, tables, appendixes