DRUG-USE PREVENTION EFFORTS AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED-STATES

This study examined the extent to which program comprehensiveness, pro grammatic outcomes, program integration, and environmental factors are being addressed by 336 urban and rural United States college and univ ersity drug use prevention programs. College-based prevention programs employed a range of programmatic goals, prevention communication chan nels, and prevention strategies within a centralized department for dr ug use prevention. Most program coordinators reported no perceived cha nge in alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, alcohol/drug-related probl ems, faculty/staff drug use, and alcohol and drug-related crime result ing from prevention efforts on campus. The level of prevention activit y differed across institutional type.