Alcohol-Related Arrests
PONTOTOC COUNTY:
11%
of all alcohol-related arrests involve a minor.
CARTER COUNTY:
8%
of all alcohol-related arrests involve a minor.
20%
of youth that drink in the Chickasaw Nation had permission from their parents to drink.
27%
of youth in the Chickasaw Nation that drink get the alcohol from family members.
41%
41% of high school students surveyed have never tried alcohol.
58%
of youth in the Chickasaw Nation drink at home.
68 deaths
In Oklahoma, 68 deaths per year are due to underage drinking.
76%
76% of Chickasaw Nation youth do not think it is cool to drink regularly.
69%
of youth in the Chickasaw Nation drink at a friend's house.
70%
of middle school students surveyed have never tried alcohol.
six times
Youth who start drinking before age 15 are six times more likely to develop alcohol dependence or abuse later in life than those who begin drinking at or after age 21.
Alcohol
Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among youth in the United States.
The impactful statistics were obtained from the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment (OPNA), Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
The students surveyed using the Oklahoma Needs Prevention Assessment are from Region 10, which encompasses most of the Chickasaw Nation.
