The Woodlawn Study: - UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Early Risk in Prevention Research
• Over the last four decades much has been learned about
early risk factors and paths leading to drug abuse, and other
behavioral, mental health, and school problems. Many
findings similar to what Woodlawn findings have been.
•Aggressive, disruptive behavior as early as 1 st grade has
been repeatedly found a risk factor for later drug and alcohol
abuse and disorders, delinquency, violence, tobacco use,
high risk sex, and other high risk behaviors.