HIP 2020 Objectives: Substance Abuse

Healthy Kids

• Reduce the proportion of high school students who are current smokers from 17% to 10%.
• Reduce the proportion of middle school students who had at least one drink of alcohol during the past month from 14% to 7%.
• Reduce the proportion of middle school students who have ever used marijuana from 23% to 10%.

Healthy Adults

• Decrease the proportion of adults 18-29 years who binge drink from 23% to 14%.
• Reduce illicit drug use in adults 18-29 years from 15% to 7%.