Are high school students accurate or clueless in estimating substance use among peers?

Adolescence, Fall, 2002 by Randy M. Page, Jon Hammermeister, Michelle Roland

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Jon Hammermeister, Department of Physical Education, Health, and Recreation, Eastern Washington University.

Michelle Roland, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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