A survey of college student interests in drug information was conducted in 1977 with eighty-six undergraduate students at the SUNY campus at Brockport, New York. A questionnaire was constructed which specifically allowed students to write out questions they felt college students had about seven categories of drugs, including: herbal drugs, over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs, unrecognized drugs, tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. The current paper summarizes data on type and frequency of questions asked, as well as the relationship between the drug categories used.
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