Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences, delinquent behavior, and adolescent use of tobacco, alco

Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston, Peter Freedman-Doan, Emily E. Messersmith

Preface. 1. Introduction and Overview. 2. Literature Review: Conceptual and Empirical Overview of Issues. 3. Survey Methods and Analysis Strategies. 4. Educational Success and Failure: Causes and Correlates. 5. Delinquency and Other Problem Behaviors Linked with Educational Success and Failure. 6. How Educational Success and Failure are Linked with Smoking in Adolescence and Young Adulthood. 7. How Marijuana Use is Linked with Educational Success and Failure. 8. How Cocaine Use is Linked with Educational Success and Failure. 9. How Alcohol Use is Linked with Educational Success and Failure. 10. Summary, Conclusions, and Implications. Appendix.