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  1. 46.7% of high school students drank alcohol on one or more of the prior 30 days.
  2. 25.3% of high school students engaged in binge drinking in the prior 30 days.
  3. 18% of high school and 19.7% of middle school students had their first drink at age12 or younger.
  4. 26.8% of high school and 24% of middle school students rode in a car with someone who had been drinking.
  5. 19.3% of high school students and 6% of middle school students smoked marijuana in the prior 30 days.
(*Source: 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School District.
Developed by the Centers for Disease Control for national use.)
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