CORE DRUG AND ALCOHOL SURVEY

Following are some key findings on the use of alcohol:

• 60%     of the students drink (used alcohol in the past 30 days).

• 60%     of underage (younger than 21) students drink (indicated
               alcohol use at least once in previous 30 days).

• 35%     of students "binge" ( had 5 or more drinks at a sitting in the
                previous 2 weeks).  

Following are some key findings on the use of illegal drugs:

• 26%     of students have use marijuana (at least once in the past year).

• 15%     of students are current marijuana users (have used in the past
               30 days).

• 13%     of students have used some kind of illegal drug other than
               marijuana (at least once in the past year). 

• 7%       of students are current users of other illegal drugs (other than
               marijuana in the past 30 days). 

The most frequently reported illegal drugs used in the past 30 days were:

• 15%      marijuana (pot, hash, hash oil)

•   4%      amphetamines (diet pills, speed)

•   2%      sedatives (downers, ludes)

Following are some key findings on the consequences of alcohol and drugs
use:

• 41%      reported some form of public misconduct (such as trouble with
                police, fighting/argument, DWI/DUI, taken sexual advantage
                of at least once during the past year as a result of drinking or 
                drug use.