| Use rates for hard liquor have remained relatively constant for the past several years | ||||||||||
| In grade 6 most students do not report drinking hard liquor. However by grade 8, 22% have reported using hard liquor | ||||||||||
| This use increases to 53% by grade 10 and over 50% by grade 12. Many of these users in grades 10 and 12 | ||||||||||
| are using on a weekly basis. | ||||||||||
| It is clear additional interventions are needed in region five for alcohol use | ||||||||||