FACTS
KIDS ON DRUGS
The purpose of Drug-Free World is to reach kids before drugs do, and here is why:
11%
OF ALL ALCOHOL
consumed in the United States is done so by young people aged 12 to 20
35%
OF STUDENTS
in the European Union engaged in heavy episodic drinking in a one-month period
35.1%
OF 12TH GRADERS
in America smoked pot in the last year
13%
OF PEOPLE
who start smoking pot as teenagers become dependent on it
50%
OF TEENS
are less likely to use drugs when they learn about drugs from their parents than those who don’t
SAVE YOUNG LIVES
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