Citation

Eiser JR, Gossop M, van der Pligt J. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1980; 5(1): 57-62.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7356583

Abstract

This study investigates the attitudes of a group of 185 London schoolchildren towards a number of legal and illegal drugs, and examines the ways in which they discriminate between these drugs. Heroin and LSD were seen as the most dangerous drugs, and alcohol and cigarettes as the safest. Subjects who had a negative attitude towards drugs in general regarded cannabis, amphetamines, alcohol and tobacco as more dangerous than subjects with a neutral or pro-drug attitude. There was also a sex difference: boys claimed to know more about drugs, were more likely to know a cannabis user and to have been "really drunk" than the girls. The implications of these results for drug and alcohol education programmes are discussed.

Language: en