Team Sports Participation and Substance Use Among Youths. The NHSDA Report

摘要

The 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) asked youths aged 12 to 17 whether they participated during the 12 months before the survey interview in team sports, such as football, basketball, swimming, or gymnastics. Respondents were also queried about use of tobacco, alcohol, or any illicit drug during the past month. Any illicit drug refers to the use of marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens (including PCP and LSD), heroin, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically during the past month. Moreover, youths were asked to report how they felt about someone their own age smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day, having one or two drinks of an alcoholic beverage nearly every day, or trying marijuana/hashish once or twice. The three response categories were (a) strongly disapprove, (b) somewhat disapprove, and (c) neither approve nor disapprove.