Substance Substance abuse in abuse in accordance accordance with with academic academic performance performance Charlie Charlie Berrigan Berrigan Smiths Falls Smiths Falls District District Collegiate Collegiate Institute Institute
Substance Substance abuse in abuse in
accordance accordance with with
academic academic performanceperformance
Charlie Charlie BerriganBerrigan
Smiths Falls District Smiths Falls District
Collegiate InstituteCollegiate Institute
Our ObjectiveOur Objective
• We wished to discover whether there We wished to discover whether there is a connection between the abuse of is a connection between the abuse of illegal substances and academics in illegal substances and academics in our SFDCIour SFDCI
• Our process and discovery is as Our process and discovery is as follows:follows:
Sample sizeSample size
• Sample size: 200 students from SFDCISample size: 200 students from SFDCI
• 50 Grade 9s50 Grade 9s
• 50 Grade 10s50 Grade 10s
• 50 Grade 11s50 Grade 11s
• 50 Grade 12s50 Grade 12s
• All grades equally spilt in gender (25 All grades equally spilt in gender (25 male, 25 female)male, 25 female)
Is there a correlation between Is there a correlation between substance abuse and academic substance abuse and academic performance?performance?
Is There a Correlation Between Substance Abuse and
Adcademic Excellence?
Yes NO
Yes 22 20 32 28
NO 28 30 18 22
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Is there a correlation between Is there a correlation between substance abuse and academic substance abuse and academic performance?performance?• The TotalThe Total Is there a Correalation Between Substance Abuse and
Adademic Preformance?(the whole population)
Yes
No
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
Yes
No
The Smoking PopulationThe Smoking Population
• Do you smoke Do you smoke cigarettes cigarettes regularly? regularly?
The smoking Population
Grade 9Grade 10
Grade 11Grade 12
Grade 9Grade 10
Grade 11Grade 12
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Do smoke
Don't Smoke
Do smoke Don't Smoke
Grade 9 8 42
Grade 10 6 44
Grade 11 18 32
Grade 12 20 30
Smoking at SFDCISmoking at SFDCIDo smoke
Grade9
15%
Grade10
12%
Grade11
35%
Grade12
38%
Smoking at SFDCISmoking at SFDCIDon't Smoke
Grade 9
28%
Grade 10
30%
Grade 11
22%
Grade 12
20%
Public Medical CentralPublic Medical Central
• rise in smoking with students in Ontario and rise in smoking with students in Ontario and QuebecQuebec
• In Ontario, a report from the University of In Ontario, a report from the University of Toronto's Ontario Tobacco Research Unit showed Toronto's Ontario Tobacco Research Unit showed that the rate of smoking among students in that the rate of smoking among students in grades 7, 9, 11, and 13 rose from 22%in 1991 to grades 7, 9, 11, and 13 rose from 22%in 1991 to 28%this year, 28%this year,
• The first study, conducted by Quebec's statistics The first study, conducted by Quebec's statistics institute for the health ministry, showed that the institute for the health ministry, showed that the number of students who smoked tripled between number of students who smoked tripled between the first year they attended secondary school and the first year they attended secondary school and the year they graduated the year they graduated
Gender and Smoking at Gender and Smoking at SFDCISFDCI
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Male Female
the relation betw een gender and smoking
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Gender and Smoking at Gender and Smoking at SFDCISFDCI
the relation between gender and smoking
Male Female
Grade 9 2 4
Grade 10 2 1
Grade 11 4 5
Grade 12 7 6
The relationship The relationship between grade and between grade and drug usedrug use
The realation between Grade and drug usage
0
5
10
15
2025
30
35
40
45
1
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
The relationship between drug The relationship between drug use and genderuse and gender
The relationship betw een drug usage and gender
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Male Female
The relationship between drug The relationship between drug use and genderuse and gender
Male Female
Grade 9 19 13
Grade 10 18 21
Grade 11 18 17
Grade 12 13 24
The relationship between drug The relationship between drug use and academic performanceuse and academic performance
the relationship between drugs usage and Marks
Yes No
below 40% 6 0
40-50% 9 0
50-60% 9 7
60-70% 29 19
70-80% 18 57
80-90% 15 30
90%+ 4 2
The relationship between drug The relationship between drug use and academic performanceuse and academic performance
the relationship between drugs usage and Marks
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
below
40%
40-
50%
50-
60%
60-
70%
70-
80%
80-
90%
90%+
Yes
No
Statistics CanadaStatistics Canada• . Percentage of Ontario students using drugs at least once during the past 12 months, Grades
7, 9 and 11 only • 1979 1989 2003 Change from 1989 to 2003• Tobacco 35.0 22.2 17.4 -4.8• Alcohol 73.7 62.6 62.9 0.3• Cannabis 29.1 11.9 27.8 15.9• Glue 4.9 2.0 3.2 1.2• Other solvents 7.2 3.4 6.6 3.2• Barbiturates 7.4 2.1 2.7 0.6• Heroin 2.5 1.2 1.4 0.2• Methamphetamine 3.7 2.5 3.6 1.1• Stimulants 11.0 5.8 5.4 -0.4• Tranquillizers 5.8 2.2 2.3 0.1• LSD 9.0 5.4 2.9 -2.5• Other hallucinogens 5.2 3.8 9.5 5.7• Cocaine 5.3 2.4 5.1 2.7• PCP .. 1.2 2.0 0.8• Crack .. 1.3 3.0 1.7• Ice .. .. 1.2 ..• Ecstasy .. .. 3.8 ..• Any illicit substance 33.4 16.6 30.3 13.7• Data source: Adlaf, E. & A. Paglia (2003) Drug Use Among Ontario Students: Findings from the
OSDUS, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.• Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, Exploring Crime Patterns in Canada, catalogue number
85-561-MWE2005005.
Your thoughts?Your thoughts?
• Our thoughts is that drugs are bad Our thoughts is that drugs are bad