Patterns of substance use among students meeting lifetime DSM-II criteria for alcohol misuse.
A cross-sectional survey of 989 college students was conducted to investigate substance use patterns between students meeting lifetime DSM-III alcohol misuse criteria and students not meeting misuse criteria. Students meeting alcohol misuse criteria (n = 294) reported a significantly greater history of lifetime substance use and were more likely to have used marijuana in the 6 months prior to the receipt of the questionnaire. No significant differences in the frequency of substance use within the 6-month period were indicated between the two student groups with the exception of marijuana. Students meeting lifetime DSM-III alcohol misuse criteria also reported having experimented with marijuana at an earlier age.
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Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53715.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology