2001 Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
Alcohol and Other Drug Use Factsheet
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  Trends

Compared to 1997, significantly fewer high school students had their first drink of alcohol prior to age 13, used marijuana on school property, or used inhalants. See Figure 5 .

Survey Question MI Gender Grade race/ethnicity
01 M F 9 10 11 12 White Black Hispanic
% of students who had at least one drink of
alcohol
on one or more days during their life
77 75 79 68 78 82 85 79 68 86
% of students who had their first drink of
alcohol
, other than a few sips, before age 13
27 29 24 35 29 21 19 26 33 33
% of students who had at least one drink of
alcohol
on one or more of the past 30 days
46 45 47 37 44 49 57 48 35 59
% of students who had 5 or more drinks
of alcohol
in a row, that is, within a couple
of hours, on one or more of the past 30 days
29 31 28 22 26 32 41 32 14 31
% of students who had a least one drink of
alcohol on school property
on one or
more of the past 30 days
5 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 8 4
% of students who used marijuana one
or more times during their life
44 46 42 35 41 48 56 44 43 50
% of students who tried marijuana for
the first time before age 13
12 14 9 15 12 7 10 11 15 13
% of students who used marijuana one
or more times during the past 30 days
24 25 23 21 23 26 29 25 22 20
% of students who used marijuana on
school property
one or more times during
the past 30 days
6 7 4 5 6 6 5 5 9 6
% of students who used any form of cocaine,
including powder, crack, or freebase, one or
more times during their life
8 9 7 7 6 7 11 8 5 10
% of students who used any form of cocaine,
including powder, crack, or freebase, one or
more times during the past 30 days
4 5 3 4 2 4 4 3 3 6
% of students who sniffed glue, breathed the
contents of aerosol spray cans, or inhaled
any paints or sprays to get high one or
more times during their life
13 11 14 14 12 12 11 14 7 14
% of students who sniffed glue, breathed
the contents of aerosol spray cans, or
inhaled
any paints or sprays to get high one
or more times during the past 30 days
4 3 4 5 3 3 1 3 4 4
% of students who used heroin one or more
times during their life
3 5 2 4 2 3 3 3 6 6
% of students who used heroin one or more
times during the past 30 days
2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4
% of students who have taken narcotics,
other than heroin, without a doctor’s
prescription one or more times during their life
11 12 9 9 9 11 12 11 7 9
% of students who have taken narcotics,
other than heroin, without a doctor’s prescription
one or more times during the past 30 days
5 7 4 5 4 5 6 5 3 6
% of students who used methamphetamines
one or more times during their life
8 9 8 7 8 7 10 8 6 10
% of students who have taken steroid pills
or shots without a doctor’s prescription one or
more times during their life
4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 6 4
% of students who have taken steroid pills
or shots without a doctor’s prescription one
or more times during the past 30 days
3 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 4 4
% of students who used a needle to inject
any illegal drug
into their body one or times
during their life
2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 4
% of students who were offered, sold, or
given an illegal drug on school property
during the past 12 months
36 38 33 34 39 35 35 35 36 40
% of students who have taken barbiturates
without a doctor’s prescription one or more
times during their life
17 17 17 15 16 17 20 19 7 13
% of students who have taken barbiturates
without a doctor’s prescription one or more
times during the past 30 days
10 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 5 7
% of students who have used club drugs
one or more times during their life
15 16 15 11 12 16 22 16 7 16
% of students who have used club drugs
one or more times during the past 30 days
8 9 7 6 7 9 11 9 5 9

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