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Show I- ' ' : ' lsss ''r :ig;S5;i:: --i :iii-''i-:" '''afeisi.'-. ,:"s .-. c.v'-"'':,-f:.'-ii. ''s!,if:3S;-iif-:'i.s!. Alyssa Simo of Pinedale, Wyo., strides out at Whitepine. See page 11B. Photo by Andrea TindalUSSA. . r : 1 U.S. Film & Video festival J ( C Continues Here This Week .... I y See Section B Park City Kids Into Drugs, Alcohol ? The results of a confiden-tial confiden-tial survey concerning drug use and attitudes among ; local students were revealed to the Park City Board of Education last week. The results were merely the preliminary figures, but Teresa Te-resa Nelson-of the Preven-V Preven-V tion Center, which conducted Y t a .... ' 1 - J , ' . . - ' ' 1 ''''''''"' ' ';' 4 1 ' ' ' the survey, indicated they may show deeper alcohol and ' drug problems in Park City than had been anticipated. The results were the tabulations of an extensive survey which 605 fifth through twelfth grade students stud-ents in Park City participated in several months ago. The questions on the survey, close to a hundred of them, sought in-depth information on drug knowledge, use and attitudes. The questions also attempted to find out whether whe-ther use of alcohol or drugs caused stress, family prob- Please turn to page f 7 A ......... More Drugs Continued from Page 1A lems or other difficulties. The results which Nelson now has were then compared to state and national results of a similar study. The preliminary findings were then presented to the Board. Among those findings were the fact Park City students use twice as much cocaine and hallucinogens as the average student in the national survey; use of marijuana and inhalants is about the same in Park City as in the national survey; alcohol - fewer students had used it, but the percentage of those who did was about the same for use within the last 30 days; tobacco use was slightly higher than the state average; and, PCP use was about the same as the Utah state average. In other problems relating to alcohol, the survey showed: show-ed: - Thirty-seven percent use alcohol at parties. - Twenty-two percent use alcohol at home. - Thirty-two percent obtain alcohol from friends. - Twenty-five percent obtain ob-tain alcohol from parents. - Substantial percentages felt alcohol usage was causing them emotional or family problems. Drug statistics indicated: - Twenty-four percent use drugs at parties. - Twenty-four percent obtain ob-tain drugs from friends. Although the results are preliminary, Nelson stressed that they were valid. She said the final report will only amplify the preliminary results. re-sults. The only results she thinks is invalid is that which showed heroin usage in Park City to be at two percent. She said that was "outrageous", and is doing a series of cross-checks to determine whether or not the finding is valid. Nelson did indicate, however, how-ever, she felt the results showing Park City above the national average and the state average in most every category were not only valid, but reflective of the type of community Park City is. "This is a recreation community. The types of attitudes adopted by adults are persuasive with youths, too," Nelson noted. She further stated that money did not seem to be a problem when it came to obtaining drugs in this community. y "Many of the students have wealthy parents who given them money which they can use as they choose. Others have part-time jobs. It also does not seem to be a problem since most kids get drugs free from their friends. Nelson said. The final results of the survey should be available to the Prevention Center in the next couple of weeks. When they are tabulated, they will be sent on to the Board of Education, according to Nelson. Nel-son. It will be up to the Board what they intend to do with the results, she added. i J ' - - U vJ UJ' |