Chart 1 – ACISD compared to Texas Average
Also included in the Choose to Care Survey are questions that indicate ease of access to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. As one would anticipate based on the level of use, these substances are all easily accessed in Aransas County.
ACISD – Middle School Ease of Access |
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Substance |
Don’t Know |
Impossible |
Difficult |
Easy |
Alcohol |
36.3% |
8.9% |
8.0% |
46.7% |
Tobacco |
40.3% |
10.6% |
9.2% |
39.9% |
Cocaine |
58.8% |
18.0% |
11.6% |
11.6% |
Ecstasy |
62.8% |
19.2% |
8.6% |
8.5% |
Marijuana |
50.2% |
15.9% |
8.2% |
25.7% |
Speed/Methamphetamine |
64.4% |
18.7% |
8.5% |
8.3% |
ACISD – High School Ease of Access |
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Substance |
Don’t Know |
Impossible |
Difficult |
Easy |
Alcohol |
15.1% |
2.1% |
4.1% |
78.7% |
Tobacco |
18.1% |
3.6% |
4.9% |
73.3% |
Cocaine |
44.9% |
6.5% |
16.7% |
31.9% |
Ecstasy |
43.0% |
6.7% |
11.9% |
38.4% |
Marijuana |
26.9% |
4.4% |
6.3% |
62.2% |
Speed/Methamphetamine |
49.4% |
6.9% |
9.4% |
34.3% |
Based on the High School Ease of Access data, Alcohol is easier to obtain than Tobacco, and while roughly 33% of ACISD High School students find traditionally more serious drugs like Cocaine, Crack, Ecstasy, and Speed/Methamphetamine easy to obtain, nearly double that amount (over 62%) find Marijuana easy to obtain. The level of ATOD use is explained by the ease of access youth have to the substances and by the lack of education and prevention services available to students beyond the 5 th grade. The Choose to Care Survey also indicates that at least 20% of ACISD Middle School and High School Students would not know where to seek assistance if they had a drug or alcohol problem. Unfortunately, since many of them clearly do need assistance, the Coalition’s identified need to provide more intensive ATOD education to the community, including the older youth, is painfully obvious.
Pride Survey 2006-2007 Program Data, 6th - 12th grade