Drug use has been noted among students in Taiwan
during the past decade. A national campus survey
in 2008 showed drug-use prevalence to be 0.95%
for junior high school students and 2.97% for senior
high school students.1 These rates were substantially
lower than those reported by a street survey of
adolescents aged 12 to 18 years, which found the rate
to be 15.0%-17.9% and 3.1%-3.4%, respectively, for
students with and without accompanying truancy.2
Initiating substance use at an early age is a significant
predictor of later substance abuse and delinquent Project ALERT, Life Skills Training, the Midwestern
Prevention Program, and Project Northland.
Some other programs, including the Strengthening
Families Program, Creating Lasting Family Connections,
and Guiding Good Choices, emphasized family
involvement and enhancement of parent-child
bonds.7