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Tracking Ecstasy Trends in the United States with Data from Three National Drug Surveillance Systems
Direct linkYacoubian, George S., Jr. – Journal of Drug Education, 2003
Anecdotal reports have suggested that the use of 3,4-methylenedioxymeth-amphetamine (MDMA or "ecstasy") is a prodigious problem across the United States. Unfortunately, no longitudinal evidence exists to support this contention. In the current study, data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), Monitoring the Future (MTF), and…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Surveys, Measurement Techniques, Incidence
Peer reviewedKim, Sehwan; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1995
Determines the overall strategy for initiating benefit-cost analysis (BCA) in relation to drug abuse prevention programs, followed by definitions of BCA and cost-effectiveness analysis. Determines the most likely population benefit-cost efficiency ratio of 15:1, indicating that there is a $15 savings on every dollar spent on drug abuse education.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Drug Education, Higher Education, Illegal Drug Use
Peer reviewedSuh, Tongwoo; And Others – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1996
Used data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse to estimate the relative risk of initiating non-medical drug use of adolescents aged 12-17 in families without both biological parents present, compared to those living with both biological parents. Adolescents in families without both biological parents were more likely to initiate drug…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Education, Drug Use, Elementary Secondary Education
