This occasional paper presents national demographic subgroup data for the 1975-2021 Monitoring the Future (MTF) national survey results on 8th, 10th, and 12th graders' use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The study covers all major classes of illicit and licit psychoactive drugs for an array of population subgroups. The 2020 subgroup data presented…

This article provides information on a decade of trends and prevalence of substance use at a Midwestern prohibitionist university. Trends were based on three data collection times, 1995, 2000, and 2005. This information was compared with results of a number of national surveys to identify trends in the data. Total averages for the prohibitionist…

A central feature of the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention is the promotion of multiple prevention strategies that affect campus and surrounding community environments as a whole and can, thereby, have a large-scale effect on the entire campus community. In outlining the…

For more than two decades the U.S. Department of Education has supported campus- and community-based prevention programs through a number of programs and activities. For example, in 1987 the Department convened the first annual National Meeting for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education as a forum to disseminate…

Examines how review of statistical analyses of drug and alcohol abuse among members of higher educational communities can affect campus drug policy. Discusses how University of North Carolina System and Appalachian State University responded to issue, including results of surveys on substance use completed by 1,522 students and 781 faculty, staff,…

Describes Central Michigan University's education prevention-based alcohol and drug program. Explains procedure affording university an opportunity to provide student athletes and university population with chance to develop drug knowledge base from which they may assess and determine their own behaviors and actions. (NB)

Studied correlations between self-reported alcohol and marijuana use by college students (n=557) and peer and parental alcohol use, family alcohol abuse, and legalization attitudes. Major predictors for alcohol use were maternal alcohol use followed by peer use. Major predictors for marijuana use were desire for legalization followed by peer use…

Examined alcohol and drug taking behavior of approximately 1,000 students at public university in deep South. Contrary to popularized regional image of more conservative behavior toward drugs and alcohol, results indicated that sampled college students reflect substance use behaviors of students elsewhere in several respects. (Author/NB)

Examined alcohol and drug use of 440 college students. Ninety percent indicated that they currently used alcohol or had done so in past; 39% used alcohol at least weekly; and less than 1% reported daily use. Forty percent indicated previous or current marijuana use, 11% cocaine, and 11% "speed" or other stimulants. (Author/NB)

Surveyed 1,147 Louisiana State University students to assess current alcohol and drug use behavior and related attitudes. Results revealed that 37% of respondents reported drinking once or twice a week; 4% drank daily. Beer was the beverage of choice and marijuana was the drug of choice, followed by cocaine. Only 11% reported smoking cigarettes on…

Examined frequency and prevalence of drug and alcohol use among 850 university employees. Explored alcohol and drug use within past year and month among university faculty, administrators, clerical staff, and physical plant/custodial staff. Found stress weakly correlated with some drug use in past month; depression consistently correlated with…

Examined epidemiology of self-reported drug-taking behaviors among university students (N=683). Data analyses focused on specific settings and social groups in which drug use occurred and on frequency and type of drug-taking behaviors. Findings identified four distinct groups of drug users. (Author/NB)

This study was undertaken to obtain information on the alcohol consumption patterns of Central Michigan University undergraduates from the perspectives of the students themselves, residence hall staff, and academic faculty. Data were collected from 836 undergraduates, 113 residence hall staff members, and 96 faculty members. The student sample…

This idea book includes descriptions of more than 70 school- and community-based programs, projects, and special events designed to help create schools and communities free from alcohol and other drugs and violence. The descriptions of prevention and intervention efforts come from nine states (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,…

This study compared the perceptions of head athletic trainers (HATS) from NCAA member Divisions I, II, and III regarding current athletic department drug education policies in their institutions. A Web-based questionnaire collected responses from 353 HATS. Drug education programs focused more on providing information about the negative…