Lungren Delayed Release of
Survey of California "Student Drug And Alcohol Use"
Showing Increase In Inhalants During His Tenure, But No Increase In Marijuana Use After
Prop 215 –
Deceiving the People To The End
(Marijuananews note: Lungren will no longer be
AG, but California NORML observes that it is interesting that the release of this survey
was delayed until after the elections -- to the very end of his tenure.In previous
years, it had been released around September, and it was ready by then in 1998, too,
according to sources.
It shows that he has lied to the people about the effects of Prop 215, while pursuing
policies that encouraged the use of very dangerous inhalants.
See
Shalala
Says That Parents Are Wrong To Be Relieved
That Their Children Are Using Marijuana Instead Of Heroin!
Survey Results From California Do Not Support Party Line, So They Are Buried.
Notice that inhalant use is above marijuana use, and the kids know that their
parents disapprove of marijuana use, but no there is no mention of their attitudes toward
inhalants.
In other words, Lungren’s policies have persuaded both
children and parents to focus on marijuana use and ignore the dangers of inhalants.
Marijuana prohibition at work!)
See
What If
Marijuana Disappeared? By Richard Cowan
STUDENT DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE SURVEY RELEASED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL; PRELIMINARY REPORT
CITES HIGH LEVELS OF MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL USE
Survey also cites new trend in use of inhalants among older students in the 1990s.
December 31, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SACRAMENTO—Drug use among California students, including marijuana
And alcohol, has leveled off at the highest levels reported in more than a decade,
according to the latest statewide survey conducted by the Office of the Attorney General,
the Department of Education (CDE), the Department of
Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP), and the Department of Health Services (DHS). The
legislatively mandated survey began in 1985 and is given every two years.
Delaine Eastin, Superintendent of Public Instruction, CDE; Elaine D. Bush, Director of
ADP; and Kim Belsh Director of DHS, joined Attorney General Dan Lungren in releasing the
1997-98 survey findings.
The preliminary report cites findings from the 1997-98 California Student Substance Use
Survey, polling 11,155 public and private school students in grades 7, 9 and 11.
Revealed by the report is a significant new trend among older
students in the 1990s—a rise in the use of inhalants.
Six-month use among 7th graders is at a survey high of 18 percent.
Use was stable in grades 9 and 11, at 21 percent and 15 percent respectively. Early
surveys had consistently shown inhalant use decreasing with age. Since 1993, however, use
among older students was higher than or equal to 7th graders. Among the 1997-98
survey findings:
MARIJUANA use in the last six months:
11.2 percent of 7th grader reported use (from 10.9
percent in 1995-96)
32.5 percent for 9th grade (from 34.2 percent in 1995-96)
41.6 percent for 11th grade (from 42.8 percent in 1995-96)
MARIJUANA use weekly in the last six months (an indicator of heavy use):
2.1 percent of 7th grader reported use (from 1.9 percent in 1995-96)
9.3 percent for 9th grade (from 12.3 percent in 1995-96)
14.1 percent for 11th grade (from 16.5 percent in 1995-96)
Other findings showed that the students in all grades knew their
parents strongly disapproved of marijuana.
(Marijuananews note: Was there a question about their opinion
on inhalants? The AG’s office did not think it important enough to report. Indeed,
the focus is always on marijuana use. That tells us a lot.)
Results indicate that 94.6% of 7th graders report that their parents would
strongly disapprove of marijuana use, compared with 88.4% of 9th graders and
84.4% of 11th graders.
Another aspect of the survey found that students’ perception of marijuana use
among peers is much higher than reported usage rates. The responses of 15.2 percent of 7th,
46.3 percent of 9th, and 55.9 percent of 11th graders indicate that
they believe at least 60 percent of their classmates have tried marijuana at least once
(lifetime measurement), which is an overestimate. However, actual reported lifetime use
was lower: 11.3 percent for 7th grade; 32.8 percent for 9th; and
46.3 percent for 11th grade.
Alcohol remains the most widely used substance. Compared to
the last survey in 1995-96, alcohol use generally was similar or slightly less. Across
grades and beverage categories, current drinking rates still exceed the lowest rates
reported in 1989 and are not appreciably different from those of the first survey in 1985.
ALCOHOL use in the last six months:
47.2 percent of 7th graders reported use (from 50.3 percent in 1995-96)
67.3 percent for 9th grade (from 67.2 percent in 1995-96)
74.8 percent for 11th grade (from 75.3 percent in 1995-96)
See
A Gem Of
Prohibitionist Propaganda About Marijuana And Some Facts About Alcohol
– Both Courtesy The Internet
and
Lungren
Opposed Medical Marijuana Because "It Would Send The Wrong Message To Children,"
But His Top Donor Is A Winery; Therefore Wine Is Safe For Children
Use of amphetamines, which includes methamphetamines, increased among adults during the
1990s, but there is little evidence of a corresponding increase in use by youth. There is
no statistically significant change at any grade level from the last survey.
AMPHETAMINE use in the last six months:
2.6 percent of 7th graders reported use (from 2.5 percent in 1995-96)
8.0 percent for 9th grade (from 10.8 percent in 1995-96)
12.0 percent for 11th grade (from 10.4 percent in 1995-96)
Cocaine use remains below the rates reported in 1985-86, the peak years of cocaine usage.
COCAINE use in the last six months:
3.1 percent of 7th graders reported use (from 1.8 percent in 1995-96)
5.7 percent for 9th grade (from 6.4 percent in 1995-96)
7.9 percent for 11th grade (from 7.2 percent in 1995-96)
Media who wish to obtain copies of the survey’s preliminary findings may contact
the Attorney General’s press office at (916) 324-5500.
California NORML contact: Dale Gieringer (415) 563-5858 // canorml@igc.apc.org
2215-R Market St. #278, San Francisco CA 94114
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