Champions for a Drug Free
Gallatin County believes that providing positive
opportunities and alternatives to substance use and
violence - including bullying - is an important first step
in creating a community where youth and their families can
be better prepared to succeed at every step of their
lives.
Are Your Footsteps Worth Following?
Our Goal
To increase the number of
students in Gallatin County who believe drug use
is wrong and choose to make healthy choices for a positive
lifestyle
Our
Mission
To work with the community
to reduce and prevent substance
use and violence among
youth and their families through collaboration with
community partners
Most
Pressing Issues
Increasing Substance Use
at the 8th grade level
Based
on the results of the 2008 KIP survey, 8th graders are at
the most risk of increasing substance use and other risky
behaviors, like teen sex.
Students Using More
Often
Nearly
70% of all 12th graders have used tobacco, alcohol or
marijuana by the beginning of their senior year.
More than 30% of all 6th graders have used alcohol or
cigarettes.
Lower Perceived
Risk
Students
don't perceive the risk of using tobacco, alcohol or
marijuana at levels high enough to reduce use. Fifty-six %
of 12th graders say there is no or only slight risk in
using alcohol, 31% in using marijuana
In
Gallatin County:
• 97% of 6th graders say they have
NEVER used marijuana
• 70% of 8th graders; 68% of 10th graders and 59% of 12th
graders have
NEVER used marijuana
• 82% of 6th graders have
NEVER smoked tobacco
• 67% of 6th graders have
NEVER used
alcohol.
But
There’s Still Work to Do
• 30% of 12th graders
who have used marijuana have done so by the time they are
15.
• 68% of 12th graders have smoked cigarettes; the majority
by the time they are 15.
• 51% of 12th graders have used alcohol; 66% of 10th
graders have
• 43% of 12th graders have smoked cigarettes
• 19% of 12th graders have used smokeless tobacco
• 49% of 12th graders, 36% of 10th graders and 15% of 8th
graders have used alcohol in the past 30 days.
• 14% of 12th graders, 11% of 10th graders and 12% of 8th
graders have used marijuana in the past 30 days.
• 7% of 8th & 12th graders and 13% of 10th
graders
have used narcotics in the past 30 days.
Yes You Can
Help!
You can make a difference
in someone else’s life. Whether it’s a child, teenager,
adult or a friend, help someone close to you develop the
assets they need to say “Yes!” to a positive lifestyle
without drugs, alcohol or violence.