ITEMS OF INTEREST November 24, 2008 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Janice Peterson with contributions from Emily Claire Afan, Riazat Butt and Niki Nixon

A NEW STUDY from Brigham Young University [Salt Lake City, Utah] sociologists claims religious activity in youths can help curb drug use.

Professors Stephen Bahl and John Hoffmann have released an article in the Journal of Drug Issues explaining that a youth's church attendance and prayer can decrease the use of marijuana by 50 percent and similarly decreases binge drinking and smoking. ...

The researchers used two separate surveys to determine the effects of teenage religiosity. One survey used was the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, while the other was a survey the researchers formulated and employed in Utah schools. For Bahr and Hoffmann's assessment of religiosity, they asked students how often they attend church and how important religion was to them.

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