Determines whether there is a basis for substance usage treatment program stratification according to adolescent subpopulation categories. Findings reveal that while demographic features are important in predicting substance involvement among youngsters, support for development of separate programs designed to affect them is lacking. (Author/ABL)

Conducted a three-year observational study of clients (N=100) receiving methadone treatment in three drug abuse programs. Concluded that the chemotherapeutic treatment system itself fosters addictive behavior and recommended changes within the clinics and the macrosystem. (LLL)

Investigated predictors of drug treatment retention of individual clients in terms of a contextual model. Found that the socioecological variables predicted the types of clients that entered treatment in terms of clinic level (aggregate) variables, and these predicted the corresponding individual level client variables and client outcomes. (Author)

Three papers presented at American School Health Association Conference (1981) addressed: adolescent problem behavior and developmental transitions (Richard Jessor); social adaptation in the first grade and its predictive value for teenage drug use (Sheppard G. Kellam, C. Hendricks Brown, and John P. Fleming); and designing health promotion…

This report describes an experimental program developed by the RAND Corporation to prevent or reduce the use of alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana by adolescents. Section 1 introduces Project ALERT and presents major findings and conclusions from a study which assessed the program's effects at several points over a period of 15 months in 30…