National estimates indicate nearly half of students report having ever used illicit drugs and most report having drunk alcohol before leaving high school¶
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q1 i? Recent national estimates indicate 47 percent of students report having ever used illicit drugs and 72 percent report having ever drunk alcohol before leaving high school. → James-Burdumy 2010
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James-Burdumy 2010¶
James-Burdumy, Susanne; Goesling, Brian; Deke, John; Einspruch, Eric. (2010). The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing (Executive Summary). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/es-the-effectiveness-of-mandatoryrandom-student-drug-testing
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The executive summary's framing paragraph reports national prevalence figures, attributing them to Johnston et al. 2008. It states that "47 percent of students report having ever used illicit drugs" and 72 percent report ever drinking alcohol. No effect size or new analysis is presented here.
"Recent national estimates indicate that 47 percent of students report having ever used illicit drugs and 72 percent report having ever drunk alcohol before leaving high school (Johnston et al. 2008)."
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National estimates indicate nearly half of students report having ever used illicit drugs and most report having drunk alcohol before leaving high school |
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National estimates indicate nearly half of students report having ever used illicit drugs and most report having drunk alcohol before leaving high school |
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