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Download full textMiech, Richard A.; Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E. – Institute for Social Research, 2016
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is designed to give sustained attention to substance use among the nation's youth and adults. It is an investigator-initiated study that originated with and is conducted by a team of research professors at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Since its onset in 1975, MTF has been continuously…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Students, Grade 8, Grade 10
Stagman, Shannon; Schwarz, Susan Wile; Powers, Danielle – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2011
Adolescence is an important period of physical, social, psychological, and cognitive growth. No longer children and not yet adults, adolescents make significant choices about their health and develop attitudes and health behaviors that continue into adulthood. Substance use disorders among adolescents can impede the attainment of important…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Health Behavior, Adolescents, Adolescent Development
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. – 1995
This booklet provides data and information to show that substance abuse prevention is working and encourages all sectors of society to become involved. Twenty percent of the document features background information about what's working to prevent substance abuse, lists of risk and protective factors, data that show the relationship between…
Descriptors: Drinking, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Health Education
Richards, Louise G., Ed. – 1981
This research monograph, written for community officials and planners of drug abuse prevention programs, presents straight line projections on the possible extent and kinds of nonmedical drug use for young adults (18-25 years old) that can be expected in the future. Projections are made based on current young adult drug abuse and population…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Demography, Drug Abuse, Drug Use
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. – 1985
This document contains testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing on federal drug law enforcement. Statements are given from Congressman Claude Pepper, the staff director of the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System (NNBIS), an administrator from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), a commissioner from the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Crime, Drug Abuse
Peer reviewedDinkes, Rachel; Cataldi, Emily Forrest; Kena, Grace; Baum, Katrina – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This report provides the most recent national indicators on school crime and safety. Some of these indicators document that student safety has improved. For example, the victimization rate of students ages 12-18 at school declined from 73 victimizations per 1,000 students in 2003 to 55 per 1,000 students victimizations in 2004. However, other…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Narcotics, Weapons, Sexual Abuse
