9 Substance Use Related Risk-Taking Behaviors

Percent of Youth Reporting Each of 9 Substance Use Related Risk-Taking Behaviors - 2002 Data.

Risk-Taking Behaviors		% Total Sample
Category	Definition	% Total Sample
Alcohol	Used Alcohol once or more in the last 30 days	35
Alcohol	Got drunk once or more in the last two weeks	23
Tobacco	Smoked cigarettes once or more in the last 30 days	25
Tobacco	Used smokeless tobacco once or more in the last 12 months	14
Inhalants	Sniffed or inhaled substances to get high once or more in the last 12 months	10
Marijuana	Used marijuana once or more in the last 12 months	27
Other Drug Use	Use other illicit drugs once or more in the last 12 months	12
Driving and Alcohol	Drove after drinking once or more in the last 12 months	12
Driving and Alcohol	Rode (once or more in the last 12 months) with a driver who had been drinking	36

From Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth for Great Lakes Center for Youth Development, 2003, by Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Data collected with the survey Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors, copyright © 1996, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN.

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