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<br /> RL~OHOL B DRUG REUSE ID~808-586-4016 JUL 01'97 13 58 No .015 P.04 <br /> the largtxt intxema occurring in the sixth and eighth grades. <br /> f 7ttirty-0ay prevalence rat0a of dprelte use for sixth graders wwtt from 2.1 % to 10.g% betwtxn <br /> 1993 and 199ti. <br /> f For eighth graders, levels of dgatrotte use during the tut 30 days incr0ased from 1a.3% in 1993 <br /> to 25.591 in 199ti. <br /> Iiawaii and the Nation: Thirty-llay and Daily 1'rereteace and Trends <br /> Hawaii atoathly prevalence rates for illicit drugs and alcohol are gtxrerally higher than the nation <br /> white cigarette use rands la be Itnver. <br /> f Jn Hawaii, 26.3% of twelfth graders vs. 25.596 of those nuionwide report using sn lllidt drug <br /> during the previous 30 days. <br /> f Por marliuana, 2591 of Hawaii twdllh graders va. 21.9 % of those nationwide report use <br /> during the prevloua 30 days. <br /> t Thirty-day prevalence rates for canine use are higher among Hawaii twelfth graders (3.691) <br /> compared to rheas of the nation (2.091). <br /> L Roughly twenty-sis percent of Hawaii tenth graders report smoking dgaretta within the last 30 <br /> days compared to 30% natfonwida For twdith greden, 27.9% of Hawaii ynutlt vs. 34.0% of <br /> mainland youth report smoking in the last 30 days. <br /> t More Hawaii dghdt gredera (25.5%) report smoking dgarettra within the last thirty days <br /> compared to the nation (21.0%). <br /> ~ Thirty day prevalcnco rates for the use of any alrnito) aro lower for Hawaii twelfth graders <br /> (46.3%) compared to the nation (50.8%). <br /> t However, daily uao of alcohol by Hawaii twelfth gradtas (4.791) is :lighdy higher than <br /> nationwide (3.7%). <br /> FACPOIAS RELA7'F.D Tq l)sE <br /> The study's findings have important implications for substance amuse education sad proventba <br /> programs. <br /> ~ The majoriq of tbo studtatla reported that alwhol and drug eduntbn should occur prior to We <br /> fourth grade. <br /> / 3tudtadtt who repotttd being educated shout drug use prior to the sixth grads were dighdy less <br /> likdy to abuse alcohol tx drugs than students who reported lxsittg educated attar dte sixth grade. <br /> • I.oas than 50% Of eighth. tenth. and twollth graders provided 'good' or "excdleat" ratings for <br /> their sdttx9's drug education programs. Of thou students who abuse alcohol and drugs, over <br /> twa-thirds *ap~ad O+eir school's drug education programs nedlad improv~+am or were non- <br /> cxistatt. <br /> 3 <br /> <br />