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Did You Know?

  • Most Missouri kids DO NOT drink? In fact, 85.61% of you have not drank in the past 30 days!
  • 53.7% of you would definitely not drink alcohol if one of your best friends offered it.
  • 68.2% think it is wrong or very wrong to drink alcohol.
  • The average age that a person first tries alcohol in Missouri is 13.43 or 7th grade.
  • Of the youth that reported drinking in the past 30 days, 22.8% of them reported at least one episode of binge drinking.

Look at how much has changed since the first annual Speak Hard (2004) and now!

20042016
Average age of first drink:12.1713.43
Had a drink in the past 30 days: 30%14.3%
Ridden in a car with someone who had been drinking: 23.414.4
Drove a car while drinking: 6%4.4%

Source: 2004 and 2016 Missouri Student Survey

Tags: advocacy, alcohol, Prevention, speak hard, underage drinking, youth conference Categories: 2016 Speak Hard Program, 2017 Speak Hard Program

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Dec 06

Prevention Happened Here!

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