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The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location. <br />Vaping stock image | Photo by <br />licsiren/iStock/Getty Images Plus, St. George News <br />Substance use (alcohol, vaping, cigarettes, marijuana, drugs) <br /> Alcohol use continues to decline, with only 3.4% of students <br />reporting they’d used alcohol in the last 30 days. <br /> While youth are still experimenting with alcohol, more older <br />students are choosing to regularly use marijuana. <br /> Utah youth are far less likely to misuse prescription drugs <br />compared to adults. Only 1.5% of students said they had taken a <br />prescription drug without a doctor telling them to take it. <br /> 7.4% of students in grades 8, 10 and 12 used vape products that <br />contained either nicotine or marijuana or both. About 45% of youth <br />who vape use both nicotine and marijuana in their vapes. Of those who <br />don’t vape both substances, about two-thirds vape nicotine and one- <br />third vape marijuana only. <br />“Vaping continues to be a concern. Evidence both nationally and in Utah suggests <br />students are beginning to vape THC/marijuana in addition to nicotine. Both <br />substances are harmful for the developing adolescent brain and can lead to <br />lifelong addiction issues. The SHARP survey will continue to be a valuable tool for <br />understanding this emerging threat to the health and well-being of Utah youth,” <br />said Braden Ainsworth with the DHHS Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. <br />6 <br /> <br />