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TABLE 1

Data for a Harm Reduction Strategy:

Number and percent of secondary school students reporting use of, and problems associated with, three commonly used drugs by sex and by grade level.

  Sex Grade
  M F 7 8 9 10 11 12
Number 671 664 251 207 233 222 201 221
                 
ALCOHOL                
Use in past year 469 429 84 106 174 172 175 187
percent 69.8 64.6 33.5 51.2 74.7 77.5 87.1 84.6
                 
School Authorities 62 57 13 12 25 25 23 21
percent 9.2 8.6 5.2 5.8 10.7 11.3 11.4 9.5
                 
School Absences 47 45 8 10 19 17 19 19
percent 7.0 6.7 3.2 4.8 8.2 7.6 9.5 8.6
                 
DWI 147 140 3 7 33 38 99 107
percent 21.9 21.1 1.2 3.4 14.2 17.1 49.3 48.4
                 
Accident/Injure Other 44 39 10 7 13 17 21 14
percent 6.6 5.9 3.9 3.4 5.6 7.6 10.4 6.3
                 
Family Troubles 98 105 19 22 41 37 44 40
percent 14.5 15.8 7.6 10.6 17.6 16.7 21.8 18.1
                 
Fights 104 79 19 21 33 31 41 38
percent 15.5 11.9 7.9 10.1 14.2 13.9 20.4 17.2
                 
                 
  Sex Grade
  M F 7 8 9 10 11 12
Number 671 664 251 207 233 222 201 221
ASPIRIN                
Use in past year 589 613 211 181 202 209 186 213
percent 87.7 92.3 84.1 87.4 86.7 94.1 92.5 96.4
                 
12 or more in day 4 6 1 2 2 1 0 4
percent 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.8 0.5 0 1.8
                 
Daily 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
percent 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
                 
Nausea/vomiting 5 3 0 3 1 1 2 1
percent 0.7 0.5 0.0 1.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.5
                 
Rectal bleeding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
percent 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
                 
Abdominal pain 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
percent 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
                 
MD advice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
percent 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
                 
                 
  Sex Grade
  M F 7 8 9 10 11 12
Number 671 664 251 207 233 222 201 221
MARIJUANA                
Use in past year 214 186 27 39 63 73 81 117
percent 31.9 28.0 10.7 18.8 27.0 32.8 40.3 52.9
                 
School Authorities 33 19 9 8 17 8 7 3
percent 4.9 2.9 3.6 3.9 7.3 3.6 3.5 1.3
                 
Shortness breath 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
percent 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
                 
DUI 28 24 3 3 10 9 12 15
percent 4.2 3.6 1.2 1.4 4.3 4.1 5.9 6.8
                 
Accident/Injure Other 9 7 1 1 3 2 5 4
percent 1.3 1.1 0.4 0.5 1.3 0.9 2.5 1.8
                 
Family troubles 97 92 14 20 42 36 39 38
percent 14.5 13.9 5.6 9.7 18.0 16.2 19.4 17.2
                 
Police troubles 63 18 9 9 17 12 15 19
percent 9.4 2.7 3.6 4.3 7.3 5.4 7.5 8.6

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