Drug use among disaffected students was studied in three different high schools—public urban, public suburban and private residential. The disaffected youths were volunteer participants in Project Community, a growth program for the more “turned off” adolescents. Results showed disaffected urbans and suburbans were greater drug users than their respective matched controls. No differences were found between groups in the residential school. The results also disclosed greater drug use in suburban and private residential schools than in the urban setting. These results were discussed.
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