Drug Use, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Youth in an Urban Free Clinic

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Abstract
A questionnaire regarding drug use, attitudes and behaviors was completed by youths attending a free clinic on randomly selected evenings. Compared to a sample of suburban high school youths, the clinic youths were heavier drug users and were more anti-establishment in their attitudes and behaviors. The clinic youth as a whole had anti-establishment attitudes but within the sample drug use was, with specific exceptions, not related to such attitudes. Youths whose 1st drug was not marihuana were realtively heavy users, as compared to youths who started with marihuana. Data regarding reasons for use were reported. Society''s influence on and implications with the phenomena of drug use and free clinics were discussed.

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