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We asked the kids starting at age 10 about their substance
use. At age 16, 17% of the kids in our cohort are using alcohol at least three to four
times a week, 11% of them are drinking daily, 29.5% of them have ever had a binge, which
is five or more drinks on any one occasion, and about 40% of the binge drinkers do that at
least weekly. On tobacco use, about 23.5% of them smoke daily, 27% of the population
smokes half a pack a day. Five percent of them smoke marijuana daily, and most of them
started using between the ages of 12 and 13. They started tobacco first at the average age
of 12, and then went on to alcohol at 15, and then to marijuana slightly later. |