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BINGE DRINKING 2019 6.3% 2021 4.4% 3.7% DRIVING AFTER ALCOHOL USE 2019 1.1% 2021 DRIVING AFTER MARIJUANA USE 2019 2.9% 2021 SURVEYS COLLECTED FROM 6TH, 8TH, 10TH & 12TH GRADERS 27,959 ALCOHOL & MARIJUANA USE YOUTH DRUG USE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS 11.3% 5.6% 5.8% ALCOHOL MARIJUANA VAPING ALCOHOL MARIJUANA VAPING PERCENTAGE INDICATING USE DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS COMMITMENT & INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL REDUCES THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUBSTANCE USE 7.6% WILLINGNESS TO TRY MARIJUANA BEFORE YOU ARE 21 14.2% WILLINGNESS TO TRY ALCOHOL BEFORE YOU ARE 21 2021 11.2% 2021 18.9% 44% OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY STUDENTS ARE COMMITTED TO SCHOOL. DOWN FROM 45% IN 2021 MONTGOMERY COUNTY 2023 PAYS FACTSHEET 21 OF 21 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS PARTICIPATED AND 4 PUBLIC OR CHARTER SCHOOLS 17.4% 15.8% 12.3% 2017 2019 2021 10.3% 9.7% 6.4% 2017 2019 2021 13% 15.7% 9.8% 2017 2019 2021 SUBSTANCE USE AMONG YOUTH HAS DECREASED SINCE 2015 ---PAGE BREAK--- MENTAL HEALTH 13.8% SUICIDE OVERALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO CONSIDERED SUICIDE 1 2 3 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OR VISIT LOW COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL 56% 52% 44% ATTITUDES FAVORABLE TOWARDS ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR PARENTAL ATTITUDES FAVORABLE TOWARDS ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR TOP PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR YOUTH TOP RISK FACTORS STUDENTS REPORTED AS THE THREE HIGHEST OVERALL IN (ALL GRADES COMBINED) PO Box 311 • Norristown, PA 19404-0311 • [EMAIL REDACTED] • MontgomeryCountyPA.gov (55% OF STUDENTS AT RISK) (51% OF STUDENTS AT RISK) (46% OF STUDENTS AT RISK) 74.6% My overall mental health in the past month has been good. • Family Attachment • Family Opportunities • Family Rewards for Prosocial Involvement 75.3% NOT BULLIED OVERALL # OF STUDENTS NOT BULLIED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS BULLYING DOWN FROM 79.2% IN 2021 FELT SAD OR DEPRESSED OVERALL # OF STUDENTS WHO FELT SAD OR DEPRESSED MOST DAYS IN PAST 12 MONTHS 33.6% DOWN FROM 17.7% IN 2021 DOWN FROM 38.4% IN 2021