| Although consuming wine or wine coolers in grades six and eight has remained relatively constant, use in other grades | |||||||||||
| has been steadily increasing for the past several years. By grade 6, 5% of the students reported using these substances. | |||||||||||
| By grade 8, 16% are using wine or wine coolers and this increases to 26% by grade 10 and 38% by grade 12. | |||||||||||
| Combined with other data, it appears additional interventions are needed to reduce alcohol consumption in Region 7 | |||||||||||