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Church youth alcohol and drug education programs

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This study indicates that pastors believe that their churches should have a role in influencing the alcohol and drug use of their members; that about half of the churches in this study actually had youth alcohol and drug education programs; and that the content of these education programs and church attitudes toward substance use are affected by the degree of fundamentalism-liberalism of the church.

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    Barbara R. Lorch Ph.D. (Professor of Sociology)

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Lorch, B.R. Church youth alcohol and drug education programs. J Relig Health 26, 106–114 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01533680

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