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Citation

Beyers JM, Evans-Whipp TJ, Mathers M, Toumbourou JW, Catalano RF. J. Sch. Health 2005; 75(4): 134-140.

Affiliation

Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, 9725 3rd Avenue, NE, Suite 401, Seattle, WA 98115, USA. jbeyers@casey.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, American School Health Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15987007

Abstract

Using mail survey data collected from primary and secondary school administrators in Washington State, United States, and in Victoria, Australia, this study compared aspects of the school drug policy environment in the 2 states. Documented substance-use policies were prevalent in Washington and Victoria but less prevalent.in primary schools, especially in Victoria. Victorian school policy-setting processes were significantly more likely to involve teachers, parents, and students than processes in Washington schools. Consistent with expectations based on their respective national drug policy frameworks, school drug policies in Washington schools were more oriented toward total abstinence and more frequently enforced with harsh punishment (such as expulsion or calling law enforcement), whereas policies in Victorian schools were more reflective of harm-minimization principles. Within both states, however, schools more regularly used harsh punishment and remediation consequences for alcohol and illicit-drug violations compared to tobacco policy violations, which were treated more leniently.

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