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Project Towards No Drug Abuse: A Review of the Findings and Future Directions

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Objective: To provide a review of the evidence from 3 experimental trials of Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND), a senior-high-school-based drug abuse prevention program. Methods: Theoretical concepts, subjects, designs, hypotheses, findings, and conclusions of these trials are presented. A total of 2,468 high school youth from 42 schools in southern California were surveyed. Results: The Project TND curriculum shows reductions in the use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, hard drugs, weapon carrying, and victimization. Most of these results were replicated across the 3 trials. Conclusion: Project TND is an effective drug and violence prevention program for older teens, at least for one-year follow-up.

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: Institute for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research and Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Publication date: 01 September 2002

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