Figure 16.2. |
Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported using marijuana during the previous 30 days, by location and grade: 2005 |
NOTE: "On school property" was not defined for survey respondents.
The term "anywhere" is not used in the YRBS questionnaire; students are
simply asked how many times during the past 30 days they used marijuana.
Population size from the Digest of Education Statistics, 2005 (NCES 2006-
030) for students in grades 9–12 is 16,286,000 (projected) in 2005.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2005.