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Mikow, Victoria A. – 1994
This survey examined the behaviors associated with the six leading causes of death or disability in one state's high school youth. Participants were 2,439 9th-12th grade students. Results identified alcohol as the drug most frequently used by high school students, with over half of students having used alcohol by their senior year and almost half…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Drinking

Ringwalt, Chris; Palmer, James – Journal of School Health, 1989
This study determined the degree to which the use of alcohol by junior and senior high school students (N=6,526) resulted in problems with friends, teachers, principals, police, parents or family, and adults in the neighborhood. (IAH)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Correlation, High Schools, Junior High Schools