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Nassau Talking Points
Find out some interesting and positive facts about youth substance use in our county and some helpful tips to keep kids drug free.
The Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS) is administered every year to Florida's middle and high school students. Every other year (during even years), survey results provide data broken down by county. Click here to get the prevalence rates for tobacco, alcohol and other drugs in Nassau County in 2006, 2008, and 2010.
Download 2006 FYSAS Survey
Download 2008 FYSAS Survey
Download 2010 FYSAS Survey
Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey
Website: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/programs/samh/publications/fysas/
Florida Charts
Website: www.floridacharts.com
Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. (JCCI)
Website: www.jcci.org/jcciwebsite/snapshot/alas.html
U.S. Census Bureau
Website: www.census.gov
In 2009, a group of authors put together a comprehensive study that estimated the cost of underage drinking in the state of Florida. Using multiple sources of data, the collection was able to establish costs in different domains as a result of youth alcohol consumption. According to the Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (2007), 55.6% of Florida youth surveyed have used alcohol over their lifetime, while 31.2% reported use in the last 30 days. Youth alcohol use has been shown to leas to violent crimes, delinquency, sexual deviance, academic failure, and accidents. It is estimates that the economic cost of underage drinking for Nassau County is 15.3 million dollars, with the highest percentage of cost coming from violent crime and the second highest from motor vehicle crashes. For the entire University of Miami Economic Impact Study click below: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/programs/samh/publications/CostOfUnderageDrinkingInFlorida_060809_FINAL.pdf
