An initiative by the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement to illustrate trends among Arkansas public high school seniors.
Key takeaways
For every 100 public high school seniors in 2017:
- 43 reported depressive symptoms, or feelings of sadness for long periods, in the past year
- 1 reported taking a handgun to school in the past year
- 5 reported selling illegal drugs in the past year
- 12 reported being drunk or high at school in the past year
- 25 reported using alcohol in the past 30 days
- 13 reported using cigarettes in the past 30 days
- 39 reported using e-cigarettes at least once during their lifetime
- 15 reported using marijuana in the past 30 days
- 12 reported abusing prescription drugs at least once during their lifetime
- 4 reported abusing inhalants at least once during their lifetime
- 2 reported using cocaine at least once during their lifetime
- 1 reported using methamphetamines at least once during their lifetime
- 2 reported using ecstasy at least once during their lifetime
- 1 reported using heroin at least once during their lifetime