ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Among adolescents, the pathway from being offered drugs to
engaging in drug use has been established. The prevalence of drug transactions specifically …

Background Being offered illicit drugs is a critical factor leading to drug initiation and other
psychosocial risk behaviors among adolescents in the United States. However, there exist …

PURPOSE: To explore young people's experiences of school and drug use, generate
hypotheses regarding the pathways through which schools may influence students' drug …

Drug involvement, conceptualized as drug use frequency, drug access, drug use control,
and adverse use consequences, is described and compared among two randomly selected …

PURPOSE: To identify risk behaviors and psychosocial characteristics associated with high
school students' selling drugs. METHODS: In 2000, an anonymous standardized survey …

PURPOSE: This systematic review examined the hypothesis that school institutional factors
influence young people's use of drugs. We aimed to (1) identify the effect of school-level …

Examines the validity of student drug use surveys in the US Administrative agencies in the
US that examined the levels and trends of student risk behaviors and social conditions; …

Background: Schools use a number of measures to reduce harmful tobacco, alcohol, and
drug use by students. One important component is the school's drug policy, which serves to …

Substance use by adolescents continues to present a problem schools must address. Data
from survey research can prove useful in helping schools determine the nature and extent of …

Purpose Despite the high rates of drug selling among youth in juvenile justice and youth
residing in disadvantage neighborhoods, relatively little is known about the patterns of illicit …