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“Moderate” and Hard Drug Users among College Students: A Study of their Drug Use Patterns and Characteristics *
Author(s) -
SCHERER SHAWN E.,
MUKHERJEE BISHWA NATH
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1971.tb02401.x
Subject(s) - drug , categorization , psychology , drug user , drug usage , computer science , psychiatry , artificial intelligence
This study compared the drug use patterns and characteristics of a group of noninstitutionalized “moderate” drug users with those of a hard drug user group‐One hundred college students were administered a drug data sheet which served to categorize S s into “moderate” and hard drug‐taking groups as well as to determine their individual drug use patterns. Results indicated the two groups were equated on most social and demographic variables. The “moderate” users differed significantly from the hard users along many drug‐use dimensions. Hard users appear to be considerably more “friend‐dependent” for their drug information and in their motivation to take drugs than are the “moderate” users. Alcoholic beverage consumption among hard users’parents was significantly greater than “moderates” parents. The implication of these findings, as well as others, are discussed along with some suggestions for further research.