“Changing Attitudes: It’s not a ‘rite of passage.’ ”

 

Statistics from the 2016 Illinois Youth Survey.

• According to the Illinois Youth Survey results, alcohol is the most used substance of all – more than illicit drugs and misused prescription drugs combined.
• In the past year, alcohol was consumed by 59% of all 12^th graders in Kankakee County and 61% of 12^th graders in Iroquois County.
• High school aged respondents (10^th and 12^th graders) listed liquor (vodka, whiskey, etc.) as their most consumed alcohol, whereas 8^th graders selected wine and beer as their most consumed beverages.

(On the other hand…)

• 72% of all Iroquois County 8^th graders and 66% of Kankakee County 8^th graders  have NEVER had more than a sip of beer, wine, hard liquor, or gin.
• Have not had alcohol in the last 30 Days:
  • 87% of all 8^th graders in Kankakee County
  • 93% of all 8^th graders in Iroquois County
  • 77% of all 10^th graders in Kankakee County
  • 81% of all 10^th graders in Iroquois County
  • 63% of all 12^th graders in Kankakee County
  • 59% of all 12^th graders in Iroquois County

In conjunction with the Pledge for Life Partnership, the Iroquois- Kankakee Regional Office of Education’s Life Education Center Programs work to improve the quality of life for children and families with initiatives to reduce substance abuse.

LOOKING FOR RESOURCES? See: 2018_NCADD_Resource_and_Referral_Guide

For more information contact Brenda Wetzel, Director of Life Education Center Programs, at [email protected] or call the office at 815.936-4606.