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<br /> RL(:OHOL DRUG ABUSE ID:808-586-4016 JUL 01'97 14:00 No .015 P.09 <br /> RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> Although this study wu situated in the school sating, the data doerly show that factors aasoeiaed <br /> with subswtee abuse by youth extend well btryond Wo school csmptts. 'iltecatore. there is a role to <br /> he plsyod by families, peer group:, armmuaitiea, media, businaa, and law enforeanent whose efforts <br /> must complement and support on-going school-hued pmgrsma. Based oa the eatttents of this study. <br /> the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Divisiao makes the following recommendatbm: <br /> PYevenlion <br /> • Continue school-hued drug education and preveMiaa pmgrama. <br /> • Link proveruba offoru to broader dements of the school curriculum such u health edueatioa <br /> and wdlaess ao that the message is repeated in a vuisty of cantos:. <br /> • Begin as integrated approach ur substance abuse prevention no later than grade four, with <br /> special emphasis on the dangers of cigarato smoking. <br /> • Link school-based prevanion programs to community dforta in ordtx m address rho social <br /> milieu factors which contribute to substance abuse by youth. <br /> • Enforce merchant compliance with existing Podersl and State laws prohibiting solo of alarhol <br /> sad tobacco products to mince. <br /> • lnarrporata students' perapoaives imo preventioa program dcsiga, ddlvery, std evaluation. <br /> TtYatmeot <br /> • Provide school-based wbstanca show treatment services so that youdr who Hood thew <br /> programs can rosily access them. <br /> • Sustain school-based wbstattce-abuse treatment prograau sad emsuro that thew services are <br /> available to any studonl who Huy ncod than. <br /> • Expand school-bassi wbshnce show ttratmart programs to all high :drools and intermediate <br /> schools. <br /> • Disseminate informathm shout aubaunce abuse traatmem and muttsdhtg programer mono <br /> broadly in schools and atrphaaize the fact thu thew services are canftdentGd. <br /> Lot, good resesrclt on the prevalence and daerminants o[ substance abuse among youth is crucial m <br /> the provisitm of dfp~tive proventkrn and tratment aervicee. Educatoe, pttraMS. sod rewsrchers <br /> should culhtborste wherever possible to facilitate the broadest possible student puticipatiua in such <br /> studios. <br /> 8 <br /> <br />