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The American Drug and Alcohol S urvey

The American Drug and Alcohol S urvey. A survey of HEB students 2009-2010. Who took the ADAS?. The American Drug and Alcohol Survey (ADAS) was administered to 6 th , 8 th , 10 th , and 12 th graders across the district during September 2009. How many students were surveyed?.

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The American Drug and Alcohol S urvey

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  1. The American Drug and Alcohol Survey A survey of HEB students 2009-2010

  2. Who took the ADAS? The American Drug and Alcohol Survey (ADAS) was administered to 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders across the district during September 2009.

  3. How many students were surveyed? Enrolled Surveyed Percent 6th 1478 1273 86 8th 1537 1268 82 10th 1474 1098 74 12th 1369 946 69

  4. What was surveyed? • Past/present drug use among HEB students • Past/present alcohol use among HEB students • Risky behaviors (fighting, bullying, etc.)

  5. ADAS Reliability and Validity Safeguards are used in the survey to look for erroneous or exaggerated responses. “Fake” drugs are asked about. 2% were classified as exaggerated and were thrown out. 40 inconsistency checks are used. If a student was inconsistent three or more times, their results were thrown out. 2% were classified as inconsistent.

  6. Anonymity • Surveys mailed to district office • Surveys counted and picked up by campus coordinator who then divided surveys and gave to classroom teachers along with a manila envelope for that class • Students finished survey, put survey in envelope themselves • Teacher returned sealed envelopes to campus coordinator, then back to district office

  7. % of HEB students who have ever tried: 6th 8th 10th 12th Alcohol 18 38(39) 56(58) 72(72) Drunk 2 11(18) 28(37) 51(55) Tobacco 5 22(21) 30(32) 42(45) Marijuana 3 12(15) 28(30) 48(43) Inhalants 9 16(16) 10(13) 7(10) Tranquilizers 1(4) 5(7) 8(9) Narc Painkiller 3(*) 10(*) 10(13)

  8. % of HEB student use in the last 12 months 6th 8th 10th 12th Alcohol 13 31(32) 49(53) 61(66) Drunk <1 8(13) 21(30) 40(46) Marijuana 2 10(11) 22(24) 39(32) Inhalants 9 10(9) 4(6) 2(4) Tranquilizers <1(*) 2(*) 1(6) Narc Painkiller 2(3) 8(7) 12(10)

  9. % of HEB student use in the last 30 days 6th 8th 10th 12th Alcohol 4 12(16) 23(29) 33(39) Drunk <1 3(5) 8(14) 20(28) Marijuana <1 6(6) 13(14) 25(19) Inhalants 9 5(4) 2(2) <1(1) Tranquilizers <1(*) <1(*) <1(3) Narc Painkillers 1(*) 4(*) 5(4)

  10. Average age of first use for 12th graders 7-9 10-12 13-15 16+ Never Avg. Alcohol 6 8 32 26 28 14.1 Drunk 1 3 21 25 50 15.0 Cigarettes 5 7 17 15 56 13.7 Marijuana 1 5 22 19 53 14.6 Inhalants 1 1 3 1 94 13.3

  11. Drug Involvement among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders in HEB No use or low drug involvement 2397 (75.7%) Moderate drug involvement 493 (15.5%) High drug involvement 277 (8.8%) # excluded (exag/inc) 145 (4.6%)

  12. % of HEB students (8th, 10th, 12th) who admit to fighting, hitting, shoving MalesFemales has “beaten someone up” 45 23 has hit someone 21 16 has “shoved someone” 22 14

  13. % of HEB students (8th, 10th, 12th) who have been hurt, bullied, or threatened MalesFemales beaten up by age group 17 8 beaten up by someone else 23 10 picked on 14 13 bullied 9 6 threatened 14 9

  14. Now what?

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