%0 Journal Article %T Students and drug abuse, 1974 and 1980 %J Journal of school health %D 1983 %A Ryser, P. E. %V 53 %N 7 %P 435-436 %X The paper presents a secondary analysis of students treated in hospital emergency rooms. The comparison of data provided in 1974 and 1980 data reveals a significant increase in the abuse of alcohol with drugs, methaqualone and marijuana. Fifty percent of these students ingested drugs to commit suicide or as a suicide gesture. These data suggest that school health professionals and counselors be alerted to student drug overdoses to assist students confronted with suicidal ideation.

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%G en %I John Wiley and Sons %@ 0022-4391 %U http://dx.doi.org/