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SHS Students

Grades 9-12��Current data from�the 2025 SHS YRBS Survey

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Good progress in Scituate!

Achieved several “lowest-ever” rates of youth substance use in Scituate!

** According to historical S.H.S. Youth Risk Behavior Survey data:

SHS students that reported:

2025

2015

Ever drinking alcohol

40%

56%

Drinking alcohol in the (past 30 days)

25%

41%

Binge drinking in the (past 30 days)

16%

26%

Ever using a vape

42%

45%

Using a vape in the (past 30 days)

15%

28%

Ever using cannabis

21%

39%

Using cannabis in the (past 30 days)

14%

27%

Riding in car with a driver who had been drinking(past 30 days)

11%

29%

Riding in car with a driver who had used cannabis(past 30 days)

12%

29%

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Most SHS students do not use alcohol (2025)

In the past 30 days, did you have one or more drinks of alcohol?

Highest rate of non-use recorded�in Scituate!

25%

75%

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Most SHS students do not binge drink (2025)

In the past 30 days, did you binge drink alcohol, that is more than 5 drinks in a row?

Highest rate of non-use recorded�in Scituate!

16%

84%

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Most SHS students do not vape (2025)

In the past 30 days, did you use a vape?

Highest rate of non-use recorded�in Scituate!

15%

85%

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Most SHS students do not use marijuana (2025)

In the past 30 days, did you use marijuana/cannabis?

Highest rate of non-use recorded�in Scituate!

14%

86%

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Gates Students

Grades 7 & 8 �

(We don’t administer the YRBS in 6th grade)�

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Most Gates students do not use alcohol (2025)

Have you had one or more drinks of alcohol in your lifetime? in the past 30 days?

13%

2%

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Most Gates students do not vape (2025)

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Have you used a vape in your lifetime? in the past 30 days?

5%

2%

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Substance use rates among Scituate 7th & 8th Graders

  • Prevalence is consistently lower than state and national averages
  • Scituate youth tend to be “late bloomers” - do not initiate use until after 8th grade
  • Use is still underestimated by parents and caregivers. In a recent caregiver survey, NO MS parents thought their children had tried vaping, alcohol or marijuana/cannabis
  • Our current opportunity is to extend that protection! Delay use as late as possible...

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