New Texas data show that the number of high school seniors driving high on drugs now exceeds the number driving after drinking. Since 1990, the biennial Texas Secondary School Survey funded by the Texas Department of State Health Services and administered by Texas A&M University has surveyed Texas secondary school students about their use of alcohol and drugs and related behaviors. Two questions asked about driving behaviors and how many times students drove a car after they had a good bit to drink or felt high from drugs during the past 12 months. While the number of seniors driving after drinking has decreased from 29% in 1990 to 15% in 2012, the number driving high on drugs has reached 16% in 2012, which now exceeds the number driving after drinking. Learn more: Texas Secondary School Survey Documents the Increase in Driving under the Influence of Drugs (MS Word)
From Texas Department of State Health Services.
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