Transcript 7th grade - Parkway C-2

Drug and Alcohol
Statistics
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• Alcohol is a leading cause of death among
youth, particularly teenagers. It
contributes substantially to adolescent
motor vehicle crashes, other traumatic
injuries, suicide, date rape, and family and
school problems.
• More than 1,700 college students in the
U.S. are killed each year—about 4 a day—
as a result of alcohol-related injuries.
• Children who are drinking alcohol by
7th grade are more likely to report
academic problems, substance use, and
delinquent behavior in both middle school
and high school.
• Alcohol kills 6 ½ times more teenagers
than all other illicit drugs combined (Illicit
Drugs include marijuana, cocaine
(including crack), heroin, hallucinogens,
inhalants, or prescription.
• By the 8th grade, 52% of adolescents
have consumed alcohol, 41% have
smoked cigarettes, and 20% have used
marijuana.
• Cigarette smoking remains the leading
preventable cause of death in the United
States, causing an estimated 443,000
deaths - or about 1 out of every 5 - each
year.
• In the United States, approximately
50,000 deaths each year are caused by
exposure to secondhand smoke.
• In 2006, approximately 6% of middle
school students in this country were
current cigarette smokers,with estimates
of 6% for females and 6% for males.
• Half (50%) of American young people
have tried cigarettes by 12th grade
• In 2007, 20% of high school students in
the United States were current cigarette
smokers—approximately 19% of females
and 21% of males.
• Nationally, an estimated 4% of all middle
school students were current smokeless
tobacco users in 2006.
• Marijuana is the most commonly used
illicit drug in the nation. (14.6 million past
month users).
• Marijuana is considered the “gateway
drug” to other drug use.
• The increase in the use of marijuana has been especially
pronounced. Between 1992 and 2006, past-month use of
marijuana increased from:
– 12% to 18% among high school seniors.
– 8% to 14% among 10th graders.
– 4% to 7% among 8th graders.
• Alcohol is a leading cause of death among
youth, particularly teenagers. It
contributes substantially to adolescent
motor vehicle crashes, other traumatic
injuries, suicide, date rape, and family and
school problems.
• More than 1,700 college students in the
U.S. are killed each year—about 4 a day—
as a result of alcohol-related injuries.
• Children who are drinking alcohol by
7th grade are more likely to report
academic problems, substance use, and
delinquent behavior in both middle school
and high school.
• Alcohol kills 6 ½ times more teenagers
than all other illicit drugs combined (Illicit
Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine
(including crack), heroin, hallucinogens,
inhalants, or prescription).
• By the 8th grade, 52% of adolescents
have consumed alcohol, 41% have
smoked cigarettes, and 20% have used
marijuana.
• Cigarette smoking remains the leading
preventable cause of death in the United
States, causing an estimated 443,000
deaths - or about 1 out of every 5 - each
year.
• In the United States, approximately
50,000 deaths each year are caused by
exposure to secondhand smoke.
• In 2006, approximately 6% of middle
school students in this country were
current cigarette smokers,2 with estimates
of 6% for females and 6% for males.
• Half (50%) of American young people
have tried cigarettes by 12th grade
• In 2007, 20% of high school students in
the United States were current cigarette
smokers—approximately 19% of females
and 21% of males.
• Nationally, an estimated 4% of all middle
school students were current smokeless
tobacco users in 2006.
• Marijuana is the most commonly used
illicit drug in the nation. (14.6 million past
month users).
• Marijuana is considered the “gateway
drug” to other drug use.
• The increase in the use of marijuana has been especially
pronounced. Between 1992 and 2006, past-month use of
marijuana increased from:
– 12% to 18% among high school seniors.
– 8% to 14% among 10th graders.
– 4% to 7% among 8th graders.
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Magnitude of Alcohol-Related Mortality and Morbidity Among U.S. College Students Ages 18-24: Changes from
1998 to 2001; Ralph Hingson, Timothy Heeren, Michael Winter, Henry Wechsler; Annual Review of Public Health,
April 2005, Vol. 26: pp. 259-279.
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Ninth Special Report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health from the Secretary of Health and Human
Services. Rockville, MD: USDHHS, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration,
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Jun 1997. Kann, L., Warren, C., et al., Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance—United States, 1995. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep CDC Surveillance Summaries, 45(4):1-84, Sep 27,
1996.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 1999. June 09, 2000 / 49(SS05);1-96 Kann, L., S. Kinchen, B.
Williams, J. Ross, R. Lowry, J. Grunbaum, and L. Kolbe., www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss4905a1.htm
accessed June 19, 2001.