drug presentation english

Teen Drinking&

DrugsBy:

Maddie HallCourtney Goodwin

Nick Rydza

In a conducted surveydone at West:

69% of kids drive62% of kids drink alcohol79% of kids would ask their parents for a ride home from a party86 % of kids go to parties

Only 3% of kids drink and drive

Only 14% of kids have ever feltPeer pressure to drink or

Drive drunk

About 87% of alcoholics startBefore they are 21 years of age

-About 81 percent of high school students have consumed alcohol, compared with 70 percent who have smoked cigarettes and 47 percent who have used marijuana.

In a survey done atWest Seneca West, 69% of

students drive

34% of kids go to partiesKnowing they do not have

a ride home

This is what happens when you drive drunk

39.3 % of deaths in the pastdecade in the United States

are alcohol-related

Marijuana and other drugs72 % of kids have been offeredDrugs and 48% have ever tried

Them

The three most commonly usedDrugs by teens are marijuana,Meth or speed, and inhalants

Man in the pot-field

In 38% of parties, marijuana isPresent and 31% of kids use

Drugs recreationally

14% of kids said that drugsRuined their life

Marijuana is legal in:Cambodia, Pakistan, Peru

and Uruguay

The students at west were asked if marijuana should be legalized 45% said yes, 38% saidno and 17% said no preference

21% of kids said they have used drugs to fit in

When asked, people said yesTo legalizing marijuana because:They love it, for medical purposes, will bring the US outOf debt, and it is relaxing