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- 45% of U.S. high school students reported drinking in the past month and nearly 2/3 (64%) reported binge drinking, defined as consuming 5 or more drinks in a row (CESAR FAX, May 21, 2007, Vol. 16, Issue 20).
- 63% of high school binge drinkers admitted to driving a car or vehicle when they had been drinking in the 30 days prior to the survey.
- 60% of people with Bipolar Disorder have 1st degree relatives with Depression or Bipolar Disorder.
- In 1999, North Dakota ranked:
- #1 in the nation for high school students who drink and drive.
- #1 in the nation for high school students who binge drink.
- #1 in the nation for high school students who drink alcohol.
- #1 in the nation for high school students who rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol.
- Between 40% and 60% of the US population will be involved in an alcohol-related motor vehicle accident at some point in their lives.
- Each year an estimated 200,000 people in this country lost their lives because of alcohol use/abuse.
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the leading known cause of mental retardation.
- Marijuana use contributes to impaired reflexes for at least 24 hours after the individual last used this substance.
- Teenagers who smoked marijuana as often as six times a month were 2.4 times more likely to be involved in traffic accidents as were nonusers.
- Marijuana has between 10 and 20 times as much tar as tobacco cigarettes and marijuana smokers are thought to absorb four times as much tar as cigarette smokers.
- Smoking just 4 marijuana joints appears to have the same negative impact on lung function as smoking 20 regular cigarettes.
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that in 2002, over 12 million people over age 12 reported having tried methamphetamine in their lifetime.
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