School students & drug use

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Victorian school students & drug use 1996

About the report

This report presents the prevalence of use of various substances among Victorian secondary students in 1996. The substances covered in the survey were: tobacco, alcohol, analgesics, sedatives, marijuana amphetamines, cocaine, narcotics, steroids, inhalants, ecstacy and hallucinogens. The data reported here was collected from a survey of 4,729 secondary students in Government, Catholic and Independent schools at year levels of 7 to 12 and was collected as part of the 1996 Australian School Students' Alcohol and Drugs (ASSAD) Survey.

Contents

• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Survey analysis
• Comparative use of different drugs
• Comparison with the 1993 Victorian survey
• Comparison with the 1992 Victorian survey
  

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Victorian school students & drug use 1996 - Supplementary survey report

This report contains the findings of a supplementary survey conducted as part of the 1996 Victorian School Students and Drug Use report. The supplementary survey included questions relating to students’ access to alcohol and cigarettes and the extent to which they believed the use of licit and illicit drugs was dangerous. It also looked at these beliefs and issues in relation to the students’ ethnicity, issues of supervision, interpersonal relationships and the level of support available to students associated with substance use.

• Tables and figures
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Access to alcohol
• Access to cigarettes
• Social support and substance use
• Attitudes to smoking and drinking
• Perception of risk associated with substance use
• Country of birth, language spoken at home, unsupervised recreation and substance use
• Discussion
• Appendix 1: 1996 questionnaire .... Victorian supplementary survey
• Appendix 2: Danger ratings
• References

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