Project towards no drug abuse: a review of the findings and future directions.
OBJECTIVE
To provide a review of the evidence from 3 experimental trials of Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND), a senior-high-school-based drug abuse prevention program.


METHODS
Theoretical concepts, subjects, designs, hypotheses, findings, and conclusions of these trials are presented. A total of 2,468 high school youth from 42 schools in southern California were surveyed.


RESULTS
The Project TND curriculum shows reductions in the use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, hard drugs, weapon carrying, and victimization. Most of these results were replicated across the 3 trials.


CONCLUSIONS
Project TND is an effective drug and violence prevention program for older teens, at least for one-year follow-up.
Sussman
Steve
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ssussma@hsc.usc.edu
Dent
Clyde W
CW
Stacy
Alan W
AW
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002140:California; D003479:Curriculum; D003657:Decision Making; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010379:Peer Group; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012572:School Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data