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National Survey Results on Drug Use from the Monitoring the Future Study, 1975-1998, Volume I: Secondary School Students

NCJ Number
180210
Author(s)
Lloyd D. Johnston Ph.D.; Patrick M. O'Malley Ph.D.; Jerald G. Bachman Ph.D.
Date Published
September 1999
Length
441 pages
Annotation
This monograph reports the results of the 24th (1998) national survey of drug use and related attitudes and beliefs among American secondary school samples of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders.
Abstract
The survey made distinctions among important demographic subgroups based on gender, college plans, region of the country, population density, race/ethnicity and parents' education. It also reported data on grade of first use, trends in use at lower grade levels,and intensity of drug use. The study tracked key attitudes and beliefs about drug use (which are important determinants of trends in use over time), as well as students' perceptions of certain relevant aspects of the social environment, particularly perceived availability, peer norms, and exposure to use and the degree and duration of drug highs. The study investigated use of 11 classes of drugs: marijuana (including hashish), inhalants, hallucinogens, cocaine, heroin, opiates other than heroin (both natural and synthetic), amphetamines, sedatives, tranquilizers, alcohol, and tobacco. Notes, tables, figures, appendixes