Cigarettes and alcohol are gateway drugs, and youth ages 12 - 17 who use gateway drugs (alcohol, tobacco & marijuana) are 266 times more likely to use cocaine than those who don't use gateway drugs.
Johnson County Student Alcohol/Drug Use:
| 30-day Prevalence Rates of Substance Use 2006 | ||||||||||
| Substance | Johnson County Data | Kansas State Data | ||||||||
| 6th | 8th | 10th | 12th | 6th | 8th | 10th | 12th | |||
| Cigarettes | 1 | 7.1 | 15.5 | 26.4 | 2.1 | 8.7 | 16.6 | 24.6 | ||
| Smokeless Tobacco | 0.7 | 3 | 6.2 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 9.2 | 12.3 | ||
| Alcohol | 7.6 | 22.7 | 40.3 | 57.6 | 9.4 | 24.3 | 42.6 | 55.5 | ||
| Methamphetamines | 0.1 | 1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| Marijuana | 0.5 | 5.3 | 14.7 | 21.4 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 13.2 | 16.2 | ||
| Inhalants | 4.2 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 4 | 2.4 | ||
| Cocaine | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3 | ||
| LSD | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| Ecstasy | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| Lifetime Prevalence Rates of Substance Use 2006 | ||||||||||
| Substance | Johnson County Data | Kansas State Data | ||||||||
| 6th | 8th | 10th | 12th | 6th | 8th | 10th | 12th | |||
| Cigarettes | 6.3 | 20 | 33.8 | 49.3 | 10.5 | 26.4 | 39 | 50 | ||
| Smokeless Tobacco | 2.7 | 7.4 | 15 | 21.4 | 5.3 | 11.5 | 20.6 | 27.6 | ||
| Alcohol | 20.5 | 40.9 | 61.9 | 77.4 | 24.2 | 47.3 | 66.6 | 77.8 | ||
| Methamphetamines | 0.5 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 2 | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| Marijuana | 1 | 9.4 | 28.2 | 44.7 | 2.3 | 11.8 | 27 | 37.3 | ||
| Inhalants | 10.5 | 16.9 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 15.3 | 13 | 10.1 | ||
| Cocaine | 0.5 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 1 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 7.8 | ||
| LSD | 0.5 | 3.3 | 6.4 | 10.5 | 1 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 7.2 | ||
| Ecstasy | 0.5 | 3 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 7.2 | ||
Click here to download: 2006 JoCo Substance Report
Click here to download: 2006 JoCo Data Tables
**2005 CTC survey results below....
Binge Drinking:
12th graders: 38.4%
10th graders: 23.3%
8th graders: 7.6%
6th graders: 1.3%
Drunk or high at school in past year:
12th graders: 21.2%
10th graders: 15.8%
8th graders: 7.2%
6th graders: 1.4%
Marijuana use 30 day:
12th graders: 22.8% (44.9% once in lifetime)
10th graders: 16.5% (30.5% once in lifetime)
8th graders: 5.5% (11.8% once in lifetime)
6th graders: 0.4% (1.1% once in lifetime)
"very easy" to obtain marijuana
12th graders: 49.3%
10th graders: 35.6%
8th graders: 11.9%
6th graders: 2.3%
"very easy" to obtain alcohol
12th graders: 50%
10th graders: 32.2%
8th graders: 17%
6th graders: 9.1%
"not wrong at all" to use alcohol regularly:
12th graders: 26%
10th graders: 15.3%
8th graders: 6.4%
6th graders: 1.5%
Knows at least one adult used marijuana, crack, cocaine or illicit drug:
12th graders: 53%
10th graders: 44.3%
8th graders: 33.1%
6th graders: 27%
