DRUG KNOWLEDGE (PRESCRIPTION, OVER-THE-COUNTER, SOCIAL). YOUNG ADULT CONSUMERS AT RISK?

Willingness to use marijana and alcohol before driving an autmobile is declining among high school students. For 6 consecutive years, 30,000 11th graders in Pennsylvania public schools answered questions regarding their situational use of marijuana and beer. The results showed an 11 % decrease in willingness to drive after using marijuana or alcohol. The researchers offer a number of explanations for the trend: increased media presentation of the negative aspects and health consequences of alcohol and drug use, efforts of activist groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving, changes in social attitudes towards drinking and driving, and school-based educational programs. While public information and tougher laws on alcohol-impaired driving appear to have had an effect on this age group, it is less clear exactly who in this group has been affected. Those who are less willing to drink and drive could be the binge drinkers, the less excessive drinkers, or some of both.

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  Baywood Publishing Company Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Krupka, L R
  • Verner, A M
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 129-142
• Serial:
  • Journal of Drug Education
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0047-2379
  • Serial URL: http://baywood.com/journals/PreviewJournals.asp?Id=0047-2379

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Alcohol use; Alcoholic beverages; Data collection; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; High schools; Marijuana; Publicity; Safety programs; Social factors; Students; Surveys; Teenage drivers; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education
• Identifier Terms: Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol education programs
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00489490
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1989 12:00AM