Drug Education: Further Results and Recommendations

Abstract

This is a report of an experiment in drug education which took place over two years among entering 6th graders in five suburban California schools. Five types or modes of drug education were compared for their impact on non-medical psychoactive drug use. The study derived its rationale from our prior longitudinal evaluation of educational impact (Blum, Blum and Garfield, 1976). The present study had, as additional objectives, the replication of the prior study for 6th graders and a follow-up of students from the prior study to see if educational effects on drug use were maintained over the total four year period. Teacher substudies were also made.