Research Sheds Light on Substance Abuse Among Nain and Postville Students (Audio to be added later)

Some new research has shed some light on substance abuse among school students in Nain and Postville.

Natasha Brunelle is a Researcher with the University of Quebec.

She says they interviewed 107 students in Nain and Postville in 2009.

The subjects ranged in age from 11-20-years-old.

A questionnaire asked students about their alcohol and drug use habits.

The results include the findings that 43.9 percent of the youth interviewed had abstained from any use of substances over 12 months prior.

3.7 percent of the youth interviewed had claimed to have used drugs in that time period.

27.1 percent claimed to have used alcohol.

25.2 percent had claimed to use both drugs and alcohol in the 12 months prior to the questionnaire.

The results also showed that the average age for first-time alcohol use was 13.3-years-old.

The average age for when the students first used drugs was 12.9-years-old.

Stay tuned to OK Radio to hear Brunelle, along with the Nunatsiavut government Mental Health and Addictions Coordinator, Gillian Saunders, discuss more findings from the research.

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