Table 7.3 Percent of Students with Correct Responses to

Each Knowledge Question by Grade 3

Table 2.1 Eligible Population, Initial Sample, and Final Sample 4

Table 2.2 Response Rates for 1998 MAS by School System 6

Table 2.3 Comparison of School Enrollment and Number of

Respondents by Gender 7

Table 2.4 Comparison of School Enrollment and Number of

Respondents by Race/Ethnicity 7

Table 3.1 Percent of Students Reporting Substance Use by Grade Level

and Time Period 12

Table 3.2 Alcohol Use by Gender Among Twelfth Graders 15

Table 3.3 Alcohol Use by Race/Ethnicity Among Twelfth Graders 16

Table 3.4 Age at First Use of Cigarettes by Gender 25

Table 3.5 Age at First Use of Cigarettes by Race/Ethnicity 26

Table 3.6 Age at First Use of Cigarettes by Gender 27

Table 3.7 Cigarette Use by Race/Ethnicity 27

Table 3.8 Cigarette Acquisition Method 28

Table 3.9 Asked To Show Proof of Age 28

Table 3.10 Percent of Each Racial/Ethnic Group That Have Ever Used

and Never Used Marijuana 32

Table 3.11 Marijuana Use by Race/Ethnicity 33

Table 3.12 Age at First Use of Marijuana by Gender 33

Table 3.13 Age at First Use of Marijuana by Gender 34

Table 3.14 Percent Ever Using More Than One Substance 36

Table 3.15 Percentage Reporting Ever Using More Than One

Substance by Gender 37

Table 3.16 Percent of Respondents Who Used More Than One Substance

in the Last 30-Days 37

Table 3.17 Percent of Last 30-Day Users Who Used More Than One

Substance in the Last 30 Days 38

Table 3.18 Percent of Respondents Using Alcohol and/or Marijuana

Who Used These Substances on the Same Occasion 38

Table 4.1 Trends in Substance Use By Maryland Adolescents by Grade 40

Table 4.2 Maryland and National Substance Use by Grade 46

Table 5.1 Percent of Respondents Reporting Alcohol-Related Problems 47

Table 5.2 Percent of Respondents Reporting Drug-Related Problems 48

Table 6.1 Availability of Substances on School Property 50

Table 6.2 Availability of Substances Outside School Property 51

Table 6.3 Percent of Adolescents Asked to Sell Drugs 52

Table 7.1 Number of Knowledge Questions Answered Correctly by at Least

75 Percent of Students 53

Table 7.2 Mean Knowledge Scores by Grade (Weighted) 53

Table 7.3 Percent of Students with Correct Responses to Each Knowledge

Question by Grade 55

Table 7.4 Percent of Adolescents for Whom an Adult "Always" Makes Sure

They Wake Up for School 60

Table 7.5 Percent of Adolescents Whose Parents Would "Always" Worry if

Late From School 60

Table 7.6 Percent of Adolescents Who Say Someone at Home Would "Always"

Worry About Them if They Didn’t Know Where They Were 61

Table 7.7 Percent of Adolescents Who Say They Can "Always" Talk Family

Out of Punishment 61

Table 7.8 Percent of Adolescents Who Say They Can "Always" Change the

Mind of an Adult To Get Their Way 62

Table 7.9 Percent of Adolescents Who Say Their Parents Have Rules About

People They Can Be With 62

Table 7.10 Percent of Users and Nonusers of Alcohol Reporting Communication

with Adults About Problems or Drugs 63

Table 7.11 Percent of Users and Nonusers of Drugs Reporting Communication

with Adults About Problems or Drugs 63

Table 7.12 Percent of Adolescents Who Say Their Family Eats Together Daily 64

Table 7.13 Percent of Adolescents Who Say Their Family Does One Activity

Together Weekly 64

Table 7.14 Perceptions of Parents’ and Friends’ Approval/Disapproval

of Substance Use 66

Table 7.15 Percent of Respondents Who Say They Know How To Resist

Social Pressure When Asked by Friends To Smoke 68

Table 7.16 Percent of Respondents Who Say They Know How To Resist

Social Pressure When Asked by Friends To Drink Alcohol 68

Table 7.17 Percent of Respondents Who Say They Know How To Resist

Social Pressure When Asked by Friends To Use Other Drugs 68

Table 8.1 Percent of Twelfth Graders Who Had To Choose Whether To

Ride with an Impaired Driver and Percent of Those Who

Refused To Ride 71

Table 8.2 Percent of Twelfth Graders Aware of the Dangers of Using

Various Drugs and Alcohol 71

Table 9.1 Percent of Respondents Who Felt Unsafe 75

Table 9.2 Percent of Respondents Who Felt Unsafe By Grade and Gender 76

Table 9.3 Percent of Users and Non-Users of Cigarettes, Alcohol and Other

Drugs Who Felt Unsafe at School 77

Table 9.4 Percent of Users and Non-Users of Cigarettes, Alcohol and Other

Drugs Who Felt Unsafe Going to or From School 78

Table 9.5 Percent of Users and Non-Users of Cigarettes, Alcohol and Other

Drugs Who Felt Unsafe in Their Neighborhoods 79

Table 9.6 Percent of Users and Non-Users of Cigarettes, Alcohol and Other

Drugs Who Were Absent Within the Last Four Weeks 80

Table 9.7 Percent of Respondents Who Have an Adult To Talk to by Grade 81

Table 9.8 Percent of Respondents Who Have an Adult To Talk to by Gender 82

Table 9.9 Percent of Users and Non-Users of Cigarettes, Alcohol and Other

Drugs Who Had an Adult To Talk to at School by Grade 83

Table 9.10 Percent of Users and Non-Users of Cigarettes, Alcohol and Other

Drugs Who Had an Adult To Talk to at Home by Grade 84

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