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~ ALCOHOL 8 DRUG ABUSE ID~808-586-4016 JUL 01'97 13 59 Na.015 P.06 • 1'urchasittg tobacco is the moat common way twelRh gradates oMala it. • Ia addition to friends, relatives aro a commonly reported souew of alcohol for all nudenu and the most summon souccs o[ alcohol for sixth grade awdenta. Almost ottathlyd of the students Indicated that they gat Dlicft drugs from relatives. • A large propprtion of swden<s indicate they can purchase altx~hnl themselves. T1~tEATMEN7' NEEDS AND ACCFSSIBII.ITY OF SF.AVICES Table 1 illuturata the euimated substance treatment needs by district for public achcwl swdems in grades sbt through twelve, while Table 2 displays the same infirmatkm by courny. Over 3,000 youW stesewide need treatment for alcohol abuse while an additional 2,227 need treatment for drug abuse. Additionally, 3,160 require treatment for both alcohol and drug abuse, leading to a combined lotai of 8,426 studenu who have either an alcoltol abuse problem, dmg abuse problem or both. ~fYeaument needs for alcohol aodlor drug abuse aro highest in Hawaii County (13.991;), Maui 7 Courrry (12.8%), and in Kauai County (11.4%). • Hawaii and Maui Counties have double the pertxntagc of sixth and twdflh grade students needing tubsunce abuse treatment compared to Kaual Coumy or the City and County o[ Horalulu. Alcohol abuse is highest in Hawaii County for grades tcn and twelve and Maui Coumy for grade eight. • Lest then one-third of the swdents with treatment needs have utilized troamwot facilhles. The majority of the atudenu who reported thry ncodad help fur as alcohol, tobacco, or other drug-use problem also relwrted that they had difficulty asking help. For all grade, the four moat common rtutaom reported for not seeking help wore: having no idea whero to go far help • Satdena thinking they could colvo the problem themselves • Fearing that teachers of parents would tied out • tieing afraid that they would got In tenable with the law s