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Student Substance Abuse Rising!
Posted by FoM on April 25, 1999 at 09:25:58 PT
Source: Star Bulletin
Isle student substanceabuse rising, a statereport showsAn estimated 16,700 Hawaii students need treatment for alcohol and illicit drug use -- nearly double the number in 1996, according to a report released yesterday.
Alcohol and marijuana are the most commonly abused substances, starting as early as the fourth grade, a 1998 Hawaii Student Alcohol and Drug Use Survey shows.Eighth- and 10th-grade students reported more daily marijuana and alcohol use than students in those grades nationwide.The survey covered 25,343 public and private school students in sixth, eighth, 10th and 12th grades. Participating with parental consent were about 42 percent of public school students and 53 percent of private students. The Health Department's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division and the University of Hawaii Speech Department conducted the survey in 204 public schools (only two on Oahu weren't involved) and 44 private schools statewide."We are real concerned about the results of the survey," division chief Elaine Wilson told community, education, treatment and youth officials. Click the above link for the full story!
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