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A survey of undergraduate drug use at Ball State University

The thesis was designed to determine the nature, type, and scope of drug use existing on the Ball State University Campus. An anonymous questionnaire was administered to a ten percent stratified random sample of undergraduate students with a proportional allocation of ten percent from each of the four college years.Results of the survey revealed drug use (use for other than medically prescribed reasons) by 31.5 percent of the sample. Ball State students who used drugs were likely: To be 21 to 22 years of age, to be males, to be juniors, to major in the Science of Humanities, to be divorced, to specify “none” for religious affiliation, to live in off-campus unapproved housing, to have a grade point average of 1.5 to 2.0, to have parents with incomes of $15,000-$20,000, to have begun their use of drugs as college sophomores, to have received their first drugs from friends, to have used, to be currently using, and to anticipate continuing to use the drug, marijuana, and to give curiosity as their main reason for using drugs.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/180304
Date January 1971
CreatorsMcCarty, Judith Ann
ContributorsSlobof, Harold
Source SetsBall State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
Formativ, 86 leaves ; 28 cm.
SourceVirtual Press

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