ABSTRACT

This chapter provides the findings from the total sample, representing an aggregation of the ten school districts. It discusses three categories: prevalence data, which describe the type, extent, pattern, and frequency of drug-taking behavior, demographic characteristics, which describe the association between prevalence and specific characteristics of the sample, and some correlates of drug use, which describe some factors that may be viewed as either cause or consequences of drug use. An important piece of information related to the opportunity to try a drug is the number of students who did try a substance when the chance arose. The nature and pattern of drug-taking behavior reported by the students in the sample tends to reflect high prevalence rates for experiences with chemical substances. Although most experiences with chemical substances seem to be experimental, less than ten percent of the sample may be frequent or regular drug users.