Alcohol and drug use among teenagers

K Leslie - Cmaj, 2008 - Can Med Assoc
According to the Ontario Student Drug Use Survey (1997–2007), the most commonly used
substance among teenagers is alcohol: about two-thirds of teenagers reported drinking …

The substance use profile of Canadian youth: exploring the prevalence of alcohol, drug and tobacco use by gender and grade

ST Leatherdale, R Burkhalter - Addictive behaviors, 2012 - Elsevier
The current study examined the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and drug use and comorbid
use of these substances among 45,425 students in grades 7 to 12 as part of the 2008–09 …

The prevalence of alcohol, cigarette and illicit drug use in a stratified sample of English adolescents

I Sutherland, JP Shepherd - Addiction, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. The aim of this study was to assess current levels of regular cigarette, alcohol
and illicit drug use in adolescents in light of reported research by Goddard & Higgins (1999) …

Epidemiology of adolescent substance use in London schools

J Penney, PI Dargan, J Padmore… - … Journal of Medicine, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background: Alcohol and substance use in adolescence can be associated with a range of
health, emotional, social, behavioural and legal problems. There has been a change in the …

Ethnic and gender differences in drinking, smoking and drug taking among adolescents in England: a self-report school-based survey of 15 and 16 year olds

K Rodham, K Hawton, E Evans, R Weatherall - Journal of adolescence, 2005 - Elsevier
Concern has been mounting about the increasing numbers of adolescents who (ab) use
drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence …

Nonmedical drug use among adolescent students: highlights from the 1999 Ontario Student Drug Use Survey

EM Adlaf, A Paglia, FJ Ivis, A Ialomiteanu - Cmaj, 2000 - Can Med Assoc
Background: During the 1990s, rates of nonmedical drug use among adolescents escalated.
We assessed data from 5 cycles of the Ontario Student Drug Use Survey for overall trends in …

Drug use among Ontario students, 1977-2013

A Boak, HA Hamilton, EM Adlaf, RE Mann - 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health's Ontario Student Drug Use and Health
Survey (OSDUHS) is the longest ongoing school survey of adolescents in Canada, and one …

Trends in alcohol and drug use among Canadian adolescents, 1990–2006

FJ Elgar, N Phillips… - The Canadian Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To report trends in rates of drunkenness, alcohol use, and drug use among
Canadian adolescents. Method: Five national school-based surveys were carried out …

Drug use and drinking among students in 36 countries

RG Smart, AC Ogborne - Addictive behaviors, 2000 - Elsevier
This article summarizes data on alcohol and drug use from studies of high school students in
36 countries. Drug use levels varied greatly among countries, but alcohol and cannabis …

Prevalence of illicit drug use among youth: results from the Australian school students' alcohol and drugs survey

M Lynskey, V White, D Hill, T Letcher, W Hall - Australian and New Zealand …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective To estimate the prevalence of illicit drug use among Australian secondary school
students. Method Data was collected as part of the Australian School Student's Alcohol and …