The Relationship Between Self-Reported Religiosity and Drug Use by College Students

Many studies address the question of religion and drug taking among college students. A review of the literature from 1968–1973 indicates in eighteen investigations that students who report themselves as “having no religion,” being Jewish, or signifying “other religion” had a higher rate of drug usage than Catholic or Protestant self-reporters. Eleven studies during this same period report an inverse relationship between drug usage and formal religious participation [1].