Monday, August 22, 2005

[USA] National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse X: Teens and Parents / Columbia University , 2005

PDF - http://www.casacolumbia.org/Absolutenm/articlefiles/Teen_Survey_Report_2005.pdf
"'The most troubling discovery from this year�s survey is the extent to which our nation�s schools are awash in illegal and prescription drugs. Since 2002, the proportion of middle schoolers who say there are drugs in their schools is up by a startling 47 percent, and the proportion of high schoolers attending schools with drugs is up by 41 percent. Teens who attend schools where drugs are used, kept or sold are three times likelier to have tried marijuana, three times likelier to get drunk in a typical month, and twice as likely to have tried alcohol, compared to teens who attend drug-free schools.'"