Drug & Alcohol Prevention




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You're in Good Company
FACT: 8 out of 10 high school students choose NOT to drink alcohol.
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You're in Good Company
FACT: 3 out of 4 women will NOT get pregnant, will NOT do drugs and WILL graduate.
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You're in Good Company
FACT: 10 out of 12 high school students have turned their backs on drugs.
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You're in Good Company
FACT: 80,000 out of 100,000 high school students choose NOT to drink alcohol.
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Some teenagers
get carried away.
FACT: 1 out of 5 high school students requires a hospital visit because of substance abuse.
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The Problem
Alcohol is the most commonly abused drug among youth.

20% of the high school student population reported that they consumed some amount of alcohol last month.*

42% who drank alcohol also tried drugs.

29% of high school girls who drank alcohol also got pregnant.

The Solution
Communicate to Students. Talk to students about drug and alcohol addiction. Display our "Drug & Alcohol Prevention" poster series to convince students that most of their peers choose NOT to do drugs. Provide factual information about the issues involved in the underage use of drugs and alcohol.

Encourage Family Involvement. It's important to reach out to families and communities. You can help protect students by working to see that rules about underage drinking are in place at home and laws about underage drug & alcohol use are well known and enforced.

Start After School Programs
Provide community organizers with ideas and suggestions for accomplished underage drug and drinking prevention activities that target communities, businesses, social events, media, parents and youth.

Resourceful Links
Quit Alcohol Org
CollegeDrinkingPrevention.gov

*Ref: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism