National Survey Results on Drug Use from the Monitoring the Future Study, 1975-1998, Volume II: College Students and Young Adults

• NCJ Number: 180213
• Author(s): Lloyd D. Johnston Ph.D.; Patrick M. O'Malley Ph.D.; Jerald G. Bachman Ph.D.
• Date Published: September 1999
• Length: 231 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 I see NCJ-180210.

Annotation

This volume, the second in a two-volume set, reports the results of surveys through 1998 of drug use and related attitudes among American college students and young adults.

Abstract

The volume presents data on the study design and procedures; prevalence of drug use, trends in drug use, attitudes and beliefs about drugs and the social milieu for young adults; and prevalence and trends in drug use among college students. The volume presents key findings from studies of five national populations: 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students; college students; and high school graduates through age 28. Findings include statistics on use of marijuana, cigarettes, LSD, inhalants, crack, cocaine, heroin, narcotics other than heroin, and methaqualone, among other substances. The book also discusses college-noncollege differences in substance use and abuse as well as male-female differences, age- and cohort-related differences, and racial/ethnic comparisons. Over the years, changes in perceived risk and disapproval have been important causes of change in the use of a number of drugs. These beliefs and attitudes were surely influenced by the amount and nature of the public attention being paid to the drug issue at the time young people were growing up. Notes, tables, figures