Final Powerpoint
- 2. Our Survey Results Ten out of eighteen kids surveyed at West Seneca West are able to stop drinking after a certain number of drinks. 32.6% of students had had five or more drinks of alcohol on at least one occasion.
- 3. Seventeen out of eighteen kids surveyed at West Seneca West don’t need a drink to get them motivated.
- 4. Six out of eighteen kids surveyed at West Seneca West either blackout or forget what happened the night they were out drinking.
- 5. Three out of eighteen kids surveyed at West Seneca West have been involved with fights while being drunk or high.
- 6. Eleven out of eighteen kids surveyed at West Seneca West have said or done something they later regretted.
- 7. Four out of eighteen kids surveyed at West Seneca West have drove drunk or high before. Eight young people a day die in alcohol-related crashes.
- 8. Seventeen out of eighteen kids surveyed at West Seneca West haven’t been in trouble with the police or school authorities because of drinking. 60% of all problems with the police(such as injuries, vandalism, etc.).
- 9. Ten out of eighteen kids surveyed at West Seneca West consider themselves not normal drinkers. Thirty percent of twelfth graders engage in binge drinking at least once every two weeks.
- 10. Three out of eighteen kids surveyed at West Seneca West think about getting drunk or high a lot.
- 11. Two out of eighteen kids surveyed at West Seneca West feel guilty or self-conscious about drinking.
- 12. Factual Information Compared to teens who have not seen their parent or parents drunk, those who have are twice as likely to get drunk in a typical month, and three times more likely to use marijuana.
- 13. Teens who believe their father is okay with their drinking are two and a half times likelier to get drunk in a month.
- 14. Two thirds of teens who drink at least once a month get drunk at least once a month.
- 15. Teens who get drunk at least once a month are 18 times more likely to use marijuana and more likely to associate with teens who abuse other illegal drugs.
- 16. More than one third of teens (8.7 million) can get prescription drugs to get high within a day nearly one in five teens (4.7 million) can get them within an hour.
- 17. Work Cited Clark, Charles. “Underage Drinking.” CQ Researcher . 13 Mar 1992. CQ Press. 07 Jan 2010. < http://library2cqpress.com >. Boesveld, Sarah. “Fewer Teens Drinking, but 1 in 4 Now Bingeing” 19 Nov 2009. SIRS Researcher . SIRS Knowledge Source. 05 Jan 2010. < http://sks.sirs.com> .