Indiana Prevention Resource Center Findings

The Indiana Prevention Resource Center recently released its findings of the "Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drug Use by Indiana Children and Adolescents" survey: Significant findings for the Northeast Region include:

Prevalence rates that are significantly higher than state rates:

• Monthly meth and hallucinogen use by 10th graders


• Lifetime cigarettes, alcohol, and steroid use by 11th graders

Prevalence rates that are significantly lower than state rates:

• Lifetime marijuana use by 7th graders


• Lifetime use of alcohol, marijuana, and inhalants by 8th graders


• Monthly use of cigars, alcohol, and marijuana by 8th graders


• Lifetime inhalant, amphetamines, tranquilizers, prescription drugs, and over-the-counter drug use by 9th graders


• Monthly use of prescription drugs by 9th graders


• Lifetime pipe and cigar use by 10th graders


• Lifetime pipe, amphetamines, and prescription drug use by 11th graders


• Monthly smokeless tobacco use and binge drinking by 11th graders


• Monthly amphetamines and prescription drug use by 11th graders


• Lifetime use of pipe, inhalants, amphetamines, tranquilizers, and prescription drugs by 12th graders


• Monthly pipe use by 12th graders