Anomie and drug use in high school students

The use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs as it relates to anomie was studied in 11th grade students. A questionnaire was administered to 1,314 11th grade students which included Srole's Anomie Scale as well as items pertaining to the usage of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, LSD, heroin, amphetamines, barbiturates, and methaqualone. The name of each drug was given along with the colloquial terms typically used to identify each drug. Substance users showed significantly higher anomie scores than nonusers on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, LSD, amphetamines, and barbiturates. Although the results were not statistically significant for cocaine, heroin, or methaqualone, the differences between substance users and nonusers were all in the predicted direction.