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Table 59 shows the percentages of Indian River and Florida students, by gender and age group, who <br /> reported using various drugs in their lifetimes. In Indian River, 55.0% of females and 43.0% of males <br /> reported using alcohol or any illicit drug. These percentages are considerably higher than Florida's. <br /> inhalants. In both the county and state, younger adolescents, ages 10-14, reported using inhalants at a <br /> higher rate than older adolescents, ages 15-17. <br /> Table 59:Students Who Reported Having Used Various drugs in Their Lifetimes,Indian River and Florida 2014 <br /> Indian River Florida <br /> Female Male Ages 4 [23.0%. <br /> Ages Tdtai Female Male ,t0 Ags , A#f Total <br /> Alcohol 49.6% 37.0% 25.2% 57.0% 43.0% 44.3% 40.9% 26.6% 56.5% 42.6% <br /> Cigarettes 19.1% 17.6% 10.8% 18.4% 17.2% 18.0% 10.1% 23.5% 17.6% <br /> Marijuana or Hashish 24.4% 23.3% 8.8% 35.8% 23.30,46 22.1% 23.0% 9.2% 34.1% 22.6% <br /> Synthetic Marijuana 8.5% 9.3% 9.1% 9.1% 7.7% 10.0% -- 8.9% 8.8% <br /> Inhalants 6.5% 4.0% 6.5% 3.7% 5.2% 7.2% 5.8% 8.3% 5.0% 6.5% <br /> Club Drugs 2.8% 3.4% 1.2% 5.2% 3.2% 2.8% 3.2% 1.2% 4.2% 3.0% <br /> LSD,PCP or Mushrooms 2.7% 5.7% 1.5% 5.9% 4.2% 2.8% 4.3% 1.4% 5.3% 3.6% <br /> Methamphetamine 0.6% 0.6% 0.9% 0.3% 0.6% 0.8% 1.2% 0.8% 1.1% 1.0% <br /> Cocaine or Crack Cocaine 1.4% 2.3% 0.9% 2.4% 1.9% 1.6% 2.1% 0.9% 2.4% 1.9% <br /> Heroin 0.7% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 0.6% <br /> Depressants 5.9% 3.1% 2.1% 6.4% 4.5% 5.1% 3.6% 2.1% 6.3% 4.3% <br /> Prescription Pain Killers 5.9% 5.2% 1.8% 8.1% 5.8% 5.9% 5.1% 3.3% 7.4% 5.5% <br /> Prescription Amphetamines 3.5% 4.9% 1.4% 5.8% 4.2% 3.5% 3.2% 1.2% 5.0% 3.3% <br /> Steroids(without a doctor's order) 0.0% 1.3% 0.2% 1.2% 0.6% 0.3% 1.0% 0.5% 0.8% 0.7% <br /> Over-the-Counter Drugs 5.0% 3.8% 1.9% 6.1% 4.5% 5.1% 4.8% 3.5% 6.2% 5.0% <br /> Any illicit drug 31.9% 26.3% 15.9% 40.0% 29.2% 30.7% 29.4% 18.7% 39.9% 30.0% <br /> Any illicit drug other than 19.2% 15.7% 11.4% 20.5% 17.5% 17.9% 16.4% 13.9% 19.9% 17.1% <br /> Alcohol only 23.7% 16.3% 15.6% 23.1% 19.7% 19.5% 17.8% 14.8% 22.0% 18.6% <br /> Alcohol or any illicit drug 55.0% 43.0% 31.2% 63.2% 48.8% 50.1% 47.0% 33.3% 61.9% 48.5% <br /> Any illicit drug, but not alcohol 6.1% 6.2% 6.3% 6.7% 6.2% 5.9% 6.3% 6.9% 5.5% 6.1% <br /> Source:Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey,2014 <br /> The symbol"-"indicates that data are not available. <br /> Compiled by:Health Council of Southeast Florida,2014 <br /> 49 <br /> � 28 - 5I <br />