Minnesota State University Moorhead                
CORE Drug and Alcohol Survey Summary                
                 
    1993 1994 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003
Institution Number   1057 1057 1057 1057 1057 1057 1057
Number of Surveys   681 417 293 562 611 477 415
2003 Sample Demographics:                
Freshman               27.70%
Sophomore               26.00%
Junior               14.50%
Senior               31.30%
Graduate Student               50.00%
Between age 18-22               80.90%
Female               60.20%
Lived off campus               66.10%
Worked part or full time               73.20%
Full time students               96.10%
Doing 5 hours/month in volunteer work               14.10%
Following are some key findings on the use of alcohol:                
    1993 1994 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003
% of the students drink (used alcohol in the past 30 days)   80.00% 75.00% 82.00% 83.00% 82.00% 83.60% 80.70%
% of underage (younger than 21) students drink (indicated alcohol use at least once in previous 30 days)    75.00% 73.00% 83.00% 80.00% 76.00% 82.50% 73.90%
%of students binge drinking (had 5 or more drinks at a sitting in the previous 2 weeks)   50.00% 45.00% 54.00% 54.00% 53.00% 59.90% 59.00%
% of the students consumed alcohol in the past year   NA NA NA NA NA 92.80% 92.00%
Following are some key findings on the use of illegal drugs:                
    1993 1994 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003
% of students have used marijuana (at least once in past year)   16.00% 17.00% 22.00% 24.00% 27.00% 33.80% 28.30%
% of students are current marijuana users (have used in the past 30 days)   6.00% 7.00% 13.00% 11.00% 14.00% 15.00% 14.40%
% of students have used some kind of illegal drug other than marijuana (at least once in the past year).   10.00% 7.00% 11.00% 12.00% 11.00% 12.00% 11.80%
% of students are current users of other illegal drugs (other than marijuana in the past 30 days)   4.00% 2.00% 3.00% 5.00% 5.00% 4.30% 3.60%
The most frequently reported illegal drugs used in the past 30 days were:                
    1993 1994 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003
Marijuana   6.00% 7.00% 13.00% 11.00% 14.00% 15.00% 14.40%
Amphetamines   3.00% 1.00% 3.00% 3.00% 2.00% 2.10% 1.70%
Hallucinogens   0.90%     3.00%      
Ecstasy       0.70%        
Cocaine           1.00%   1.70%
Opiates             0.60%  
Steroids     1.00%          
Where have you used alcohol?                
On campus  events             17.00% 12.50%
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