 |
|
|
Contributing Substance Abuse Facts:
• 62% of high schoolers and 28% of middle schoolers report that drugs are used, kept, or sold at their schools.
• Three out of every four students (75%) have consumed alcohol (more than just a few sips) by the end of high school.
• Twenty-eight percent (28%) of 15- to 20-year-old drivers who were killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2005 had been drinking.
• 15.5% of youths ages 12-17 indicated that they had been approached by someone selling drugs in the past month.
• Underage persons who reported binge drinking were 7 times more likely to report using illicit drugs during the past month than underage persons who did not binge drink.
• 47.6% of all students have used marijuana by the time they finish high school.
Sixth-graders reporting use:
21% reported alcohol use
8.3% reported drug use |
Parents saying sixth-grader uses:
5% said there was alcohol use
0.9% said there was drug use |
| |
|
Twelfth-graders reported use:
68% reported alcohol use
50% reported drug use
(before finish of high school) |
Parents saying twelfth-grader uses:
41% said there was alcohol use
15% said there was drug use |
|
|
