Students and drug abuse, 1974 and 1980.
The paper presents a secondary analysis of students treated in hospital emergency rooms. The comparison of data provided in 1974 and 1980 data reveals a significant increase in the abuse of alcohol with drugs, methaqualone and marijuana. Fifty percent of these students ingested drugs to commit suicide or as a suicide gesture. These data suggest that school health professionals and counselors be alerted to student drug overdoses to assist students confronted with suicidal ideation.
D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D001241:Aspirin; D002648:Child; D003975:Diazepam; D006801:Humans; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology; D008702:Methaqualone; D013334:Students; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States
D008702:Methaqualone; D003975:Diazepam; D001241:Aspirin