ABSTRACT
Many studies address the question of religion and drug taking among college students. A review of the literature from 1968–1973 indicates in eighteen investigations that students who report themselves as “having no religion,” being Jewish, or signifying “other religion” had a higher rate of drug usage than Catholic or Protestant self-reporters. Attitudes toward drug usage included perceptions of student drug use stated willingness to refer friends with drug problems to various agencies and stated comfort in discussion of drugs with others. Faced with parental disapproval, legal sanctions, and a general lack of adult experience with the realities of the youth drug culture, non-religious, frequent drug-users would tend to steer drug-related problems to drug-wise friends. Moreover they would shy away from talking about their own drug world with those possibly most concerned and most knowledgeable about drugs and health.
