Recreational drug use among Auckland high school students

The first large scale questionnaire survey of Auckland high school students demonstrated widespread use of alcohol, a slight drop in tobacco use relative to an earlier survey and almost one-third of the students prepared to take marihuana if the opportunity arose. The reasons given by the students for their regular use or abstention from various drugs are discussed in the context of pervasive drug use throughout New Zealand society and the drug information currently available to high school students.