Alcohol & Other Drug Use

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used alcohol during their lifetime – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

65

7682

87

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Lifetime alcohol use

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who currently used alcohol – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

34

44

54

66

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20

40

60

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100

Current alcohol use

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who had five or more drinks of alcohol in a row (episodic heavy drinking) –

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

1927

36

48

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20

40

60

80

100

Episodic heavy drinking

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who drank alcohol for the first time before age 13 years – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

1826

34

47

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20

40

60

80

100

Drank alcohol before age 13 years

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who drank alcohol on school property – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

2 4 716

0

20

40

60

80

100

Drank alcohol on school property

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who

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used marijuana during their lifetime – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

25

38

53

68

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20

40

60

80

100

Lifetime marijuana use

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who currently used marijuana – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

10

20

32

47

0

20

40

60

80

100

Current marijuana use

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who tried marijuana for the first time before age 13 years – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

5 714

28

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20

40

60

80

100

Tried marijuana before age 13 years

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s

Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used marijuana on school property – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

2 39

21

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20

40

60

80

100

Used marijuana on school property

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used cocaine during their lifetime – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

4 711

22

0

20

40

60

80

100

Lifetime cocaine use

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f stu

dent

s

Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who currently used cocaine – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

2 3 511

0

20

40

60

80

100

Current cocaine use

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dent

s

Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used illegal injection drugs during their lifetime – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

2 2 48

0

20

40

60

80

100

Lifetime illegal injection-drug use

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s

Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used inhalants during their lifetime – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

8 11 14

24

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20

40

60

80

100

Lifetime inhalant use

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who currently used inhalants – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

2 3 512

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20

40

60

80

100

Current inhalant use

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used illegal steroids during their life – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

3 5 815

0

20

40

60

80

100

Lifetime illegal steroid use

% o

f stu

dent

s

Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used hallucinogenic drugs during their life –Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

7 813

25

0

20

40

60

80

100

Lifetime hallucinogenic drug use

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s

Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used heroin during their lifetime – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

2 2 310

0

20

40

60

80

100

Lifetime heroin use

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used methamphetamines during their lifetime – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

4 6 9

21

0

20

40

60

80

100

Lifetime methamphetamine use

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s

Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who used ecstasy during their lifetime – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

7 914

24

0

20

40

60

80

100

Lifetime ecstasy use

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dent

s

Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. high school students receiving mostly A’s, B’s, C’s or D/F’s who were offered, sold, or given an illegal drug by someone on school property –

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003.*

2028

34

49

0

20

40

60

80

100

Offered, sold, or given an illegal drug by someone on school property

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Mostly A's Mostly B's Mostly C's Mostly D/F's

*p<.0001 after controlling for sex, grade level, and race/ethnicity.