Changing Patterns of Drug Use Among High School Seniors (1976-1995) Who Entered Military Service: Implications for Drug Abuse Prevention

摘要

Early in the 1980's, the U.S. Armed forces adopted 'zero tolerance' policies concerning illicit drug use, and later developed policies to discourage tobacco and alcohol abuse. This article examines patterns of drug use among young recruits both before and after enlistment, compaired with age-mates who did not enter the military, and documents historical shifts across the past two decades. These analyses employed longitudinal panel data from 20 nationally representative samples of high school seniors.