Dayton Area Drug Survey (DADS)

The Dayton Area Drug Survey (DADS) has been conducted since 1990 by Wright State University in conjunction with area schools. Schools in the Miami Valley are invited to participate on a no-charge basis. Students in participating schools respond voluntarily and anonymously to a self-report questionnaire which is administered in accordance with a protocol approved by the WSU Institutional Review Board. For more information on DADS, call the WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine's Center for Interventions, Treatment & Addictions Research at (937) 775-2066.

Summary of the 2010 survey findings

• 2008 Summary
• 2006 Summary

News Release

• "2010 Dayton Area Drug Survey finds reversal of long-running decline in substance abuse among local teens"

2010 Data tables

• Table 1: 12th Grade Lifetime Use
• Table 2: 12th Grade Daily Use
• Table 3: 9th Grade Lifetime Use
• Table 4: 7th Grade Lifetime Use
• Table 5: Perceived Harmfulness of Drug Use - 7th, 9th & 12th Grades
• Table 6: Other Concerns - 7th, 9th & 12th Grade
• Trend Chart: Web slides | Microsoft Excel

Download PDF files suitable for printing

• Table 1: 12th Grade Lifetime Use
• Table 2: 12th Grade Daily Use
• Table 3: 9th Grade Lifetime Use
• Table 4: 7th Grade Lifetime Use
• Table 5: Perceived Harmfulness of Drug Use - 7th, 9th & 12th Grades
• Table 6: Other Concerns - 7th, 9th & 12th Grade

Publications

Falck RS, Nahhas RW, Li L, Carlson RG. (2012) Surveying teens in school to assess the prevalence of problematic drug use. J Sch Health, 82: 217-224.  [Abstract]

Falck, R., Li, L., Carlson, R., Wang, J. (2006) The prevalence of dextromethorphan abuse among high school students. Pediatrics, 118: 2267-2269 (Letter to the Editor). [Full text]

Falck, R.S., Siegal, H.A., Wang, J., Carlson, R.G. (1999). Differences in drug use among rural and suburban high school students in Ohio. Substance Use & Misuse, 34; 4-5: 567-577. [Abstract]

Falck, R.S., Wang, J., Carlson, R.G., Siegal, H.A. (2002). Variability in drug use prevalence across school districts in the same locale in Ohio. Journal of School Health, 72 (7): 288-293. [Abstract]

Staff contact information

Russel Falck, M.A., Principal Investigator (russel.falck@wright.edu)