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2006 Core Survey summary

Valdosta State University
2006 CORE Alcohol and Drug Survey
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Use of Drugs

The following tables provide additional details about students' reported use of drugs at this institution. Unless otherwise indicated, percentages are based on the total number of students responding validly to a given item.

For comparison purposes some figures are included from a reference group of 68,498 students from 173 institutions in the 2004 Aggregate National Data.

In general, substantial proportions of students report having used alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana in response to the question, "At what age did you first use ____?” whereas comparatively few report having used each of the other substances. This question examines "lifetime prevalence" as opposed to annual prevalence and 3D-day prevalence.

Table 2 describes lifetime prevalence, annual prevalence, 30-day prevalence, and high frequency use (3 times a week or more).

Table 2 – Substance Abuse

	Lifetime Prevalence	Annual Prevalence	30-Day Prevalence	3X/Week or more
Substance	VSU Ref.	VSU Ref.	VSU Ref.	VSU Ref.
Tobacco	54.4 55.8	43.1 42.8	33.4 31.6	22.2 20.1
Alcohol	84.6 88.1	79.9 84.7	67.8 72.0	26.9 24.6
Marijuana	45.4 49.1	29.4 32.8	15.7 18.8	08.8 08.0
Cocaine	08.4 09.8	05.9 06.0	02.2 02.7	00.3 00.4
Amphetamines	13.9 17.0	07.4 08.3	03.5 04.1	02.1 02.7
Sedatives	09.3 08.5	05.9 04.8	02.8 02.3	00.8 00.5
Hallucinogens	06.1 10.2	03.7 04.4	00.5 01.3	00.2 00.2
Opiates	01.8 03.1	01.2 01.5	00.2 00.7	00.3 00.2
Inhalants	03.7 04.7	00.8 01.5	00.3 01.7	00.2 00.2
Designer Drugs	09.1 09.9	04.7 03.7	01.4 01.1	00.2 00.2
Steroids	02.3 01.4	01.4 00.9	00.5 00.5	00.8 00.3
Other Drugs	03.4 04.9	02.0 0 2.5	00.9 01.0	00.3 00.2

Notes: Responses for Valdosta State University ("VSU" in the Table) are compared to a
reference group of 93,679 college students ("Ref." in the Table).

The average number of drinks consumed per week at this institution is 6.5 drinks. The national
average is 6.1 drinks (based on a sample of 67,509. The percentage of students who report
having binged in the last two weeks at this institution is 45.8% compared to the national average
of 48.5%.