Table 8

Disapproval of drug use: Percent of students in each group who answered "wrong" or "very wrong."


Control
Drug Ed


How wrong do you think it is for someone your age to...
Baseline N = 524
6-month follow up N = 420
Baseline N = 432
6-month follow up N = 389



"wrong"
"very wrong"
total
"wrong"
"very wrong"
total
"wrong"
"very wrong"
total
"wrong"
"very wrong"
total
P valuea

D10 drink beer, wine or hard liquor regularly?
22.5%
17.7%
40.3%
22.6%
27.1%
49.8%
21.5%
26.4%
47.9%
19.8%
30.6%
50.4%
<0.001
D11 smoke cigarettes?
28.6%
39.9%
68.5%
26.9%
41.9%
68.8%
24.3%
42.1%
66.4%
29.3%
45.0%
74.3%
<0.001
D12 smoke marijuana?
20.4%
60.7%
81.1%
21.2%
60.5%
81.7%
19.0%
61.3%
80.3%
17.2%
66.3%
83.5%
0.102
D13 use LSD, cocaine, amphetamines or another illegal drug?
12.8%
76.3%
89.1%
10.5%
78.8%
89.3%
9.7%
79.2%
88.9%
13.6%
72.5%
86.1%
<0.001

a Controlling for baseline differences by using an analysis of covariance with a Type III sums of squares

Lennox and Cecchini Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:8   doi:10.1186/1747-597X-3-8

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