Drinking and drug use among Ontario Indian students

Abstract

From the sample of Ontario students in grades 7 through 13 surveyed during 1979, 64 students of Native Indian parentage were successfully matched with 64 non-Indian students on five demographic variables. A comparison of alcohol and drug use among the two groups suggested that Indian students use alcohol and drugs in a manner similar to that of their peers in the same geographical locale and socio-economic background.