Bring Awareness to Youth Substance Abuse Issues with Red Ribbon Week

October 23 to October 31 marks Red Ribbon Week. Founded and sponsored by the National Family Partnership, Red Ribbon Week serves to raise awareness about substance abuse, especially in youth and teens. Kidsdata.org has a variety of indicators on youth substance abuse in California.

From 2008 to 2010, approximately 1 in 5 California 11th graders reported recreational use of prescription drugs at least once in their lives.

A notable 40% reported using alcohol or other drugs in the past month, according to data from 2008-2010. In this same time frame, 46% of California 9th graders and 62% of 11th graders reported having at least 1 full drink of alcohol in their lives.

About 13% of California 7^th graders reported using inhalants at least once in their lives, 2008 to 2010 data show. These data exclude cigarette use from 2008 to 2010, which is separated by grade level and county here.

View related data on drug abuse here.

Posted by Lindsey Nguyen

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