Comparison of Drug Use Rates for Reservation Indian, Non-Reservation Indian and Anglo Youth.

Beauvais, Fred

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ERIC Number: EJ454944

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Publication Date: 1992

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Comparison of Drug Use Rates for Reservation Indian, Non-Reservation Indian and Anglo Youth.

Beauvais, Fred

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, v5 n1 p13-31 1992

Using the 1988-90 American Drug and Alcohol Survey data, compares drug use (lifetime and 30-day prevalence) among reservation and nonreservation American Indians and non-Indians in grades 8 and 12 in 1988-90. Found highest rates of drug use (marijuana, cocaine, crack, stimulants, inhalants, hallucinogens, and other drugs), alcohol use, and smoking among reservation Indians. Also compares males and females. (SV)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Anglo Americans, Children, Drinking, Drug Use, Incidence, Inhalants, Marijuana, Nonreservation American Indians, Reservation American Indians, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences, Smoking, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data

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Language: English

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