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2007 Core Survey summary
Valdosta State University
2007 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 59668 students from 132 institutions from the 2DD5 Aggregated 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, 3D-day prevalence, and high frequency use (3 times a week or more).
Table 2 - Substance Use
Lifetime Annual 30-Day 3X/Week
Prevalence Prevalence Prevalence or more
Substance Coll. Ref Coll. Ref. Coll. Ref. Coll. Ref.
Tobacco 42.3 52.5 30.0 40.9 22.3 29.0 14.3 17.0
Alcohol 83.9 87.2 79.6 84.0 64.7 71.4 16.0 23.5
Marijuana 34.5 45.7 21.0 31.0 11.6 17.5 5.3 6.5
Cocaine 3.6 8.8 1.3 5.3 0.2 2.4 0.2 0.4
Amphetamines 9.0 14.0 3.6 6.6 1.2 3.4 1.1 1.7
Sedatives 3.6 7.7 1.1 4.4 0.8 2.1 0.4 0.5
Hallucinogens 3.2 8.2 1.7 3.9 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.2
Opiates 1.0 2.9 0.2 1.5 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.3
Inhalants 1.9 4.1 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.2
Designer drugs 6.1 7.4 2.3 2.9 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.2
Steroids 1.1 1.3 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.3
Other drugs 1.7 4.3 0.2 2.2 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.2
Notes:
Coll. = Valdosta State University
Ref. = Reference group of 59668 college students