Administrators and counselors at one private and six public junior colleges in Nebraska answered questions and offered their opinions on and knowledge of drug use and abuse in their colleges. Topics covered by this study include: kinds of student involved; extent of the problem on Nebraska junior college campuses; factors that influence students…

This book is the second of three experimental editions for use in the ninth grade portion of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) Program. The volume is divided into three units: "In Orbit,""Well Being," and "What's Up." The unit, "In Orbit," consists of eight chapters of activities related to…

This proposal introduces the concept of a student-operated, drop-in counseling center to serve the drug dependent young adult population (ages 18-30) on a community college campus and in the surrounding county. The center is designed to provide counseling as well as opportunities for alternative activities to drug dependency in a therapeutic…

A factor analysis was performed on an intercorrelation matrix of reported drug usage frequencies for seven drug categories at two consecutive periods of time. Subjects were 1,010 Army Vietnam veterans in pay grade E6 or below, aged 26 years or less. Retrospective reporting identified drug usage prior to a tour of Vietnam and during the tour. Four…

This report is Phase 1 of a two-phase research project to study the extent of use of nontherapeutic drugs in the Armed Services, and to identify demographic correlates of drug abuse. A stratified sample of 36,510 enlisted men, representive of the four Armed Services on a worldwide basis, responded to a 73-item Survey of Drug Use. Reported use of…

A casual path model based on Sutherland's theory was developed and applied to student marijuana use as a specific delinquent act. Two types of differential association were suggested to explain the genesis of marijuana use for the individual. The data tended to lend support to the causal path model. (Author/LPG)

Analysis of employment patterns of methadone maintenance clients had indicated that the majority were not employed at time of program admission. At time of evaluation, 70 percent of the sample were employed; 88 percent of these clients had previous work histories and brought marketable skills with them. (Author)

This is the teacher's guide for the "Mind Over Matter" series. This neuroscience education series, developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health, is designed to encourage youngsters in grades 5-9 to learn about the biological effects of drug abuse on the body and the brain. The "Mind…

The use of medical and nursing students in an ongoing drug education program for the seventh grade is described. With the methods used, the program is shown to be objective and effective in stimulating rational drug use-nonuse'' decisions. (Author)

If children can define right and wrong from their own value system, they'll be better prepared to decide on major problems like drugs and alcohol. (Author/ML)

Interview with former graduate student imprisoned for bombing, who now rejects student militant politics. (IR)

Drug use and abuse, alcoholism, and addiction are the results of deeper social, economic, and political problems. Thus, the negative effects of these substances are more severe in the Black community. Civil rights and other political and social organizations must band together to plan strategies for solving these problems. (Author/GC)

Since the implementation of a psychiatric service in a long-term facility for people with intellectual disability, the usage of psychotropic and anti-convulsant drugs has been surveyed over the 5-year period 1994-1999. At that time, although the overall prevalence rate of residents on medication was not declining significantly, a decrease in…