Youth Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs - Charts
What this chart shows:
Percent of Students who Binge Drink - Larimer County School Districts and Colorado, 2002
Data Source for this chart: Colorado Youth Survey 2002, produced by OMNI
What these data tell us:
Binge drinking is defined as having five or more alcoholic drinks in a row on one occasion in the previous two weeks. Poudre School District has a higher percentage of students in the 10th and 12th grade who binge drink than both Thompson School District and the Colorado state average.
What this chart shows: Percent of Students who have been Drunk or High at School - Larimer County School Districts and Colorado, 2002
Data Source for this chart: Colorado Youth Survey 2002, produced by OMNI See data table
What this chart shows: Percent of Students who Sold Illegal Drugs - Larimer County School Districts and Colorado, 2002
Data Source for this chart: Colorado Youth Survey 2002, produced by OMNI See data table
What these data tell us:
Both Poudre and Thompson School District have a higher percentage of 12th graders who sell drugs than the Colorado state average. 6th grade is not represented on this chart because counts were too low.
What this chart shows: Percent of Students who have Driven while Drunk - Larimer County School Districts, 2002
Data Source for this chart: Colorado Youth Survey 2002, produced by OMNI
What these data tell us:
A higher percentage of Thompson School District students have driven drunk in 6th and 8th grade than those in Poudre School District. These are grades in which students in general do not possess a driver's license. However, in 10th and 12th grade, Poudre has a larger percentage. Percentages are not available for Colorado.
What this chart shows: Percent of Students using Drugs by Type of Drug in Larimer County School Districts and Colorado, 2002
Data Source for this chart: Colorado Youth Survey 2002, produced by OMNI
What these data tell us:
Both Poudre and Thompson school district have a higher percentage of students using psychedelics, MDMA, and Katemine than the Colorado average.
Examples of Drug Types-
- Stimulants: amphetamines, methamphetamines, crystal or crank
- Psychedelics: LSD or other psychedelics
- Cocaine: cocaine or crack
- Inhalants: sniffed glue, breathed the contents of an aerosol can, or inhaled other gases or sprays in order to get high
- MDMA: Ecstasy, E, X or Lover's Speed
- Ketamine: Special K or Vitamin K
- GHB: Liquid X, G or GBL
Data Tables:
|
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
|
|
6th Grade |
Poudre |
4.7% |
3.5% |
1.7% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
4.1% |
3.6% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
5.7% |
|
8th Grade |
Poudre |
18.3% |
17.6% |
12.2% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
14.1% |
16.9% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
17.7% |
|
10th Grade |
Poudre |
33.8% |
31.1% |
37.0% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
|
18.4% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
29.9% |
|
12th Grade |
Poudre |
40.4% |
41.7% |
42.4% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
|
31.3% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
35.6% |
|
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
|
|
6th Grade |
Poudre |
2.3% |
1.4% |
2.4% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
2.7% |
5.5% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
4.6% |
|
8th Grade |
Poudre |
14.2% |
13.6% |
10.7% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
10.1% |
13.0% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
14.6% |
|
10th Grade |
Poudre |
31.7% |
23.7% |
25.3% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
|
14.9% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
25.5% |
|
12th Grade |
Poudre |
36.0% |
28.3% |
30.5% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
|
29.0% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
27.7% |
|
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
|
|
6th Grade |
Poudre |
low |
low |
low |
|
|
Thompson |
|
1.50% |
1.30% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
1.9% |
|
8th Grade |
Poudre |
2.6% |
4.4% |
3.4% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
4.1% |
5.5% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
5.3% |
|
10th Grade |
Poudre |
14.8% |
9.7% |
11.2% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
|
7.1% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
9.5% |
|
12th Grade |
Poudre |
16.0% |
13.9% |
14.3% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
|
15.7% |
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
10.7% |
|
|
2001 |
2002 |
|
|
6th Grade |
Poudre |
low |
low |
|
|
Thompson |
0.7% |
2.3% |
|
8th Grade |
Poudre |
3.6% |
2.4% |
|
|
Thompson |
2.5% |
4.9% |
|
10th Grade |
Poudre |
6.6% |
11.4% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
5.2% |
|
12th Grade |
Poudre |
17.5% |
22.8% |
|
|
Thompson |
|
12.2% |
2002 Lifetime Use by Type of Drug
|
|
Stimulants |
Psychedelics |
Cocaine |
Inhalents |
MDMA |
Ketamine |
GHB |
|
|
6th Grade |
Poudre |
low |
low |
low |
10.30% |
low |
low |
low |
|
|
Thompson |
0.9% |
0.6% |
0.8% |
10.1% |
0.9% |
low |
low |
|
|
Colorado |
0.8% |
0.8% |
1.3% |
9.6% |
0.7% |
0.5% |
0.4% |
|
8th Grade |
Poudre |
2.4% |
1.6% |
2.5% |
13.1% |
2.1% |
1.7% |
0.6% |
|
|
Thompson |
3.2% |
2.3% |
3.8% |
11.7% |
2.2% |
0.8% |
1.3% |
|
|
Colorado |
3.3% |
2.4% |
3.9% |
14.1% |
3.0% |
1.7% |
1.2% |
|
10th Grade |
Poudre |
6.3% |
8.1% |
4.6% |
11.2% |
6.2% |
2.9% |
1.8% |
|
|
Thompson |
3.2% |
4.5% |
3.9% |
4.1% |
3.2% |
1.9% |
low |
|
|
Colorado |
6.4% |
5.7% |
6.4% |
12.8% |
5.2% |
2.5% |
1.5% |
|
12th Grade |
Poudre |
9.8% |
14.9% |
9.8% |
6.0% |
15.0% |
4.7% |
1.9% |
|
|
Thompson |
9.5% |
13.3% |
11.3% |
8.6% |
12.4% |
4.3% |
low |
|
|
Colorado |
9.8% |
10.8% |
10.0% |
8.7% |
9.0% |
3.3% |
1.2% |