A two-week multimedia drug education program was evaluated by administering questionnaires to 650 junior high school students. Reported drug use was light, led by tobacco and alcohol. Questionnaire responses indicated that most students responded well to the program. Twenty five per cent of professed users claimed to have stopped using, and 50% of would-be users reported that they decided not to try drugs following the program.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
ShermanS. L., Drug Abuse Rehabilitation: A Participant-Observer Description of “The Family,” A Self-Help Program, Intl. J. Addictions, (in press).
2.
ShelleyJ. A. and BassinA., Daytop Lodge—A New Treatment Approach For Drug Addicts, Corrective Psychiatry, 11186–195, 1963.
3.
JohnsonB. B., A Junior High School Seminar On Dangerous Drugs and Narcotics, J. School Health, 3884–37, 1968.
4.
LaCombeM., High School Drug Education, An Interim Measure, J.A.M.A.2141327–1328, 1971.
5.
BoeS., Philosophy and Objectives For a Drug Education Program, J. School Health, 41 pp 11–16, 1971.
6.
DeardenM. H., A Pilot Program In High School Utilizing Non-directive Techniques and Sensitivity Training, J. School Health, 41118–124, 1971.
7.
VincentR. J., Selected Instructional and Behavioral Objectives For a Tenth Grade Drug Education Program, J. School Health, 41310–313, 1971.
8.
BorhauerS., Prairie Junior High School Drug Program, J. School Health, 41313–314, 1971.
9.
PlesentE., A Community and Its Schools' Efforts to Understand and Deal With Drug Abuse, J. School Health, 41314–317, 1971.
10.
LewisJ.GossettJ., and PhillipsV., Evaluation of a Drug Prevention Program, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 2336–38, 1972.
11.
KlineJ. A. and WilsonW., Ex-addicts In Drug Abuse Prevention Education, Drug Forum, 1(4), 1972.
12.
McCuneD., A Study of More Effective Education Relative to Narcotics, Other Harmful Drugs and Hallucinogenic Substances, Mimeo., California Department of Education, Sacramento, 1970.
13.
JanisI. and KingB., The Influence of Role Playing On Opinion Change, J. Abnormal and Social Psychology, 49211–218, 1954.
14.
KingB. and JanisI., Comparison of the Effectiveness of Improvised Versus Non-improvised Role-playing in Producing Opinion Changes, Human Relations, 9177–186, 1956.
