title: Decline in the use of illicit drugs by high school students in New York State: a comparison with national data.
abstract: A school-based epidemiological survey of the use of drugs was carried out in Spring 1988 among 7,611 adolescents representative of students in grades 7 through 12 in New York State public and private schools. This survey provides the most recent data on the use of crack in that population. Comparison with a statewide survey carried out five years earlier reveals a large decline in the use of illicit drugs in that period. This decline appears to be stronger than the decline reported for national samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kandel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs