High School Student
Alcohol and Drug Use
1997 Survey of Los Angeles Unified
School District Students (1)
High School Students Who Drank
Alcoholic Beverages (2)
| Drinking
Habit |
Percent |
| Ever had at least one drink of
alcohol |
78% |
| Drank alcohol on >1 of the 30
days preceding the survey |
47%
|
| Drank five or more drinks of
alcohol on at least one occasion on >1 of the 30 days preceding the survey |
26%
|
High School Students Who Used Marijuana
or Cocaine
| Illegal
Drug Use |
Ever
used this drug |
Used
this drug one or more times during the 30 days preceding the survey |
| Marijuana |
46% |
25% |
| Cocaine |
12% |
4% |
(1) Adolescents 12 to 17 years of age from L.A.
Unified School District, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, United States 1997
(2) Based on National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism guidelines: a
drink is considered
one can or bottle of beer, one glass of wine or cock-tail or shot of liquor.
Source: Los
Angeles County Dept. of Health Services
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