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On Becoming "At Risk" Through Drug Education

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  • Joel H. Brown

    (Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation)

  • Marianne D'Emidio Caston

    (University of California, Santa Barbara)

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This large-scale student-centered, evaluation of the California Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Education (DATE) program shows how a state policy directed toward students at risk for substance abuse shapes perceptions, influences program directions, and affects both "at-risk" and "thriving" students. Qualitative data analysis revealed that a risk-oriented policy from the state influenced educators to use the risk factor model to shape services and identify at-risk students. Despite high implementation levels of services like Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), few (if any) positive effects on either at-risk students or thriving students were found. Although the program was directed to assist at-risk students, identification often preceded detention, suspension, or expulsion. For two reasons, researchers question the validity of the risk factor model as an effective school-based substance abuse prevention tool: (a) the risk factor model is inherently difficult to implement, and (b) it is misused as an individual diagnostic tool. Implications are discussed.

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  • Joel H. Brown & Marianne D'Emidio Caston, 1995. "On Becoming "At Risk" Through Drug Education," Evaluation Review, , vol. 19(4), pages 451-491, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:19:y:1995:i:4:p:451-491
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9501900406
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