PREVALENCE AND CURRENT USE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL WITHIN THE STATE OF IOWA - SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS

• NCJ Number: 35534
• Author(s): C D CHAMBER; H A SIEGAL; J A INCIARDI
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 169 pages
• Corporate Author: Resource Planning Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SUMMARY AND INTERPRETATION OF A SERIES OF STUDIES IN IOWA TO PROVIDE DESCRIPTIVE DATA RELATIVE TO THE STRUCTURE AND CHARACTER OF SUBCULTURAL DRUG-TAKING AND DYSFUNCTIONAL DRINKING WITHIN THE STATE.

Abstract

GENERAL POPULATION SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED IN 1974 TO ESTIMATE THE INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF THE USE AND ABUSE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AMONG DIFFERENT POPULATIONS IN THE STATE, ASSESS ASSOCIATED ATTITUDES AND PROBLEMS, AND ANALYZE THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF SUBCULTURAL DRUG USE. A RESURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN 1976. FOR STATISTICAL REPORTS RESULTING FROM THIS RESURVEY, SEE NCJ-35529 THROUGH NCJ-35533.