Trends in University Student Attitudes and Behavior Toward Drugs [microform] / David P. Fago and William E. Sedlacek
- Bib ID:
- 5254664
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Fago, David P
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED089174
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973
- 19 p.
- Summary:
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Trends in student attitudes and behavior toward drug use were investigated through administration of two anonymous polls to University of Maryland freshmen during summer, 1971 (N = 538) and summer, 1972 (N = 761). Both polls were designed to investigate the incidence and frequency of drug use among incoming students, as well as students' reasons for using and not using drugs, their attitudes toward drug legalization, the illegal sale and use of drugs, and the University's role in providing drug related services. Results indicated a fairly stable, although slightly increasing, trend in the incidence and frequency of drug use. Although marijuana was the only drug to evidence a significant increase of use, all drugs except hashish, mescaline, and DMT, tended to be used more frequently. Only LSD and DMT were shown to have been used by a smaller percentage of people. A substantial portion of the incoming students have tried alcohol in at least one form (90%). The correlation between use of marijuana and hashish and use of heroin was found to be low. With the exception of cigarettes, more men than women use drugs. Students' reasons for using and not using drugs were not found to change substantially. Students from the later poll showed significantly greater agreement on the legalization of marijuana, on NOT attending a campus drug education program, and on going to the University Counseling Center if they felt a need for drug counseling. (Author)
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- 1973
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