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o ALZOHOL B DRUG ABUSE ID~808-586-4016 JUL 01'97 1357 Na.015 P.03 Ilawaii and the Nation: I.ifelime Provalorrrs i For 1996, lifetime prevalence levels of maNJuena uae in Hawaii are slightly lawn than or similar ro nationwide levels for eighth (2296 w. 23%), teeth (3791 w. 40%), and twelfth gradan (4596 w. 45%). t More Aawaii twolflh grador: (7.3%) report having triad melhamphdamine during thou lifetimes urnrpared ro other twelfth grader in tho nation (4.4%). a, Tha lifetime prevalence me for any illict drug use is lower across grades eight, ten, oral twelve compared ro the salon, with Hawaii twelfth gradws reporting s prevalence rate of 47.7% eompued a the ttuiomvide !oval of 33.3%. » Lifotime alcohol prevalence among Hawaii aluder#.i is simllu ro national levels. I Fewer Hawaii students report ever being drunk compared ro othora in the nation, particularly for twelfth graders (52.2% in Hawaii w. 61.g% nationally). ~ Fewer Natvaii students report having used dgar'Ntea duriog their Iitaima compuod ro the natoo, although the differeocea ue not aigniRcaot. ~ Of Hawaii twelfth graders, 62.7% report having tried dpreltet u lout once oompared to 63.5% of thou in other stales. Hawaii 77drly-Day and 170i1y Prevdenee Trends • ~~1~atMF dtat~ ota i atoothly aa~ ~treea lifetimo prevalence rue for ~coRoTartd'vsfour ilptd~ dr~ugyc~~~,ge~newrilly„~tabillzM. tlme, ~war+' t Momhly drug uae increased for all grade lauds, with 26.396 of twolllh graders reporting the tw of an illicit drug during the pravloua 30 days in 1996 compared to 19.7% In 1993. t Nearly four timoe as many sizdr grades and nearly twice as many eighth grades in 1996, compared ro 1993. rapcmed monthly use of at least one illiei! drug. t Thirty day prevalence rates for mariJuana uu show the greatest irttxea:e slots 1993, inareadrrg more than five porcerkage points at ail grade levels (except sixth grade) in 1996. Prom 1993 to 1996, more than a tan percentage point incteaae in monthly prevalettcs reports of aleoMl uae occtured at ail grade levels. f The momhly prtwaleme of alwhol use reported in 1996 u five timca greater for sixth grader (increasing from 2.5% ro 14.4%). f 7birty-day use among eighth graders hen doubled, increasing from 13.2% to 30.2% between 1993 and 1996. The momhly prevalence of dgarette use has increased at all grade levels among Hawaii sadenu with 2