NCJ Number
181835
Date Published
1998
Length
47 pages
Annotation
This document reports on attitudes of teens, teachers, and principals toward substance abuse.
Abstract
This report surveyed 1,000 Americans age 12 to 17, 822 middle and high school principals and 823 middle school and high school teachers on their 1995-1998 attitudes regarding substance abuse. It presents tabular and narrative statistics concerning, among other topics: (1) Most important problem facing teens (drugs, social pressures or crime and violence); (2) Teen substance use; (3) Differences between 12-year-olds’ and 13-year-olds’ world with regard to drug use, drug availability and reporting others who use or sell drugs; (4) Fear of getting caught using drugs; (5) Belief in effectiveness of anti-drug education; (6) Belief that school drug problem is getting worse; (7) Belief that teens can use marijuana every weekend and still do well in school; (8) Anti-drug education; (9) Belief that school anti-drug measures are effective; (10) Smoking/drinking/illegal drug connection; (11) Influences on decision to use or not use drugs; and (12) Protective factors.