The Consequences of Drug and Alcohol Use for Indian Youth.

Beauvais, Fred

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ERIC Number: EJ454945

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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The Consequences of Drug and Alcohol Use for Indian Youth.

Beauvais, Fred

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, v5 n1 p32-37 1992

Surveys of students in grades 8 and 12 revealed that high-risk behaviors and serious consequences (including arrests, accidents, and interpersonal problems) related to drug and alcohol use were most frequent among reservation Indian youth and least frequent among non-Indians, with nonreservation Indian youth intermediate. (SV)

Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Anglo Americans, At Risk Persons, Drinking, Drug Use, Interpersonal Relationship, Nonreservation American Indians, Reservation American Indians, Risk, Secondary School Students, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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