Statistics

• In Escambia County, 19.8% of middle school students and 48% of high school students reported the use of alcohol in the past 30 days.

• In Escambia County, 9.7% of middle school students and 29% of high school students reported binge drinking.

• 9.8% of Escambia middle school students and 22.1% of high school students reported being drunk or high at school.

• 8.2% of Santa Rosa middle school and 1.3% of high school students reported being drunk or high at school.

• In Santa Rosa County 20.3% of middle school students and 40.7% of high school students reported the use of alcohol in the past 30 days.

• In Santa Rosa County, 10.1% of middle school students and 25.7% of high school students reported binge drinking.

(Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey, 2004)

• 7.1% of total crashes in Escambia County were alcohol-related.

• Almost 10% of total crashes in Santa Rosa County were alcohol-related (9.3%).

(Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles)