National Survey Results on Drug Use from the Monitoring the Future Study, 1975-1998, Volume I: Secondary School Students

• NCJ Number: 180210
• Author(s): Lloyd D. Johnston Ph.D.; Patrick M. O'Malley Ph.D.; Jerald G. Bachman Ph.D.
• Date Published: September 1999
• Length: 441 pages
• Grant Number(s): 3 RO1 DA 01411
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Corporate Author: University of Michigan
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: For Volume II see NCJ-180213.

Annotation

This monograph reports the results of the 24th (1998) national survey of drug use and related attitudes and beliefs among American secondary school samples of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders.

Abstract

The survey made distinctions among important demographic subgroups based on gender, college plans, region of the country, population density, race/ethnicity and parents' education. It also reported data on grade of first use, trends in use at lower grade levels,and intensity of drug use. The study tracked key attitudes and beliefs about drug use (which are important determinants of trends in use over time), as well as students' perceptions of certain relevant aspects of the social environment, particularly perceived availability, peer norms, and exposure to use and the degree and duration of drug highs. The study investigated use of 11 classes of drugs: marijuana (including hashish), inhalants, hallucinogens, cocaine, heroin, opiates other than heroin (both natural and synthetic), amphetamines, sedatives, tranquilizers, alcohol, and tobacco. Notes, tables, figures, appendixes