title: Drug use among Texas alternative school students: findings from Houston's Safer Choices 2 Program.
abstract: Self-report drug use data were collected from 494 alternative school students, grades seven through 12, surveyed through the Safer Choices 2 study in Houston, Texas. Data were collected between October 2000 and March 2001 via audio-enabled laptop computers equipped with headphones. Twenty-eight percent of the sample reported past-month marijuana use, and 10% reported past-month opiate/codeine use. Males were almost twice as likely as females to have used cocaine during the past month, and over four times as likely to have used opiates/codeine during the past month. Students 16 years and older and were twice as likely to have ever used cocaine and opiates/codeine than students under 16 years. Latinos were 10 times more likely than Blacks to have ever used cocaine; Blacks were twice as likely as Latinos to have used opiates/codeine during the past month. Males were twice as likely as females to have tried "fry," a new street drug made of tobacco or marijuana mixed with embalming fluid and PCP. These new drug trends are startling because they indicate a potential for long-term treatment services for abusers.
authors: Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors: Ronald J
authors: RJ
authors: Peters
authors: Susan R
authors: SR
authors: Tortolero
authors: Robert C
authors: RC
authors: Addy
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Markham
authors: George S
authors: GS
authors: Yacoubian
authors: Liliana S
authors: LS
authors: Escobar-Chaves
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs