Dropouts: A Study of Drug Use

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Abstract
A group of 144 high school dropouts were surveyed in an effort to study the prevalence and correlates of their drug use as compared to that of 2,277 high school students. Tobacco (74%) and alcohol (71%) were reported to be the most used of nine categories of substances included in the survey. Next highest categories of use were of marijuana (38%) and stimulants (31%). The category of drugs with the lowest overall reported use was opiates or cocaine, with 11.9 per cent of the dropouts reporting use. The results were reported according to grade level, sex, and ethnicity.

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