Drug Use Measurement: Strengths, Limitations, and Recommendations for
Improvement (Testimony, 10/05/93, GAO/T-PEMD-94-4).

This testimony, based on a June 1993 GAO report (GAO/PEMD-93-18),
examines three nationally prominent drug use studies: the National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse, the High School Senior Survey, and the
Drug Use Forecasting study of booked arrestees.  GAO discusses the
studies' findings; the degree of confidence one can have in these
findings; and how drug use measurement studies could be improved, with a
particular focus on high-risk populations.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-PEMD-94-4
     TITLE:  Drug Use Measurement: Strengths, Limitations, and 
             Recommendations for Improvement
      DATE:  10/05/93
   SUBJECT:  Data collection operations
             Statistical data
             Drug abuse
             Narcotics
             Drugs
             Controlled substances
             Secondary school students
             Criminals
             Surveys
             Information gathering operations
IDENTIFIER:  National Drug Control Strategy
             NIDA National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
             NIDA High School Senior Survey
             Drug Use Forecasting Study
             
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