1. Substance abuse in accordance with academic performance Charlie Berrigan Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute

2. Our Objective We wished to discover whether there is a connection between the abuse of illegal substances and academics in our SFDCI We wished to discover whether there is a connection between the abuse of illegal substances and academics in our SFDCI Our process and discovery is as follows: Our process and discovery is as follows:

3. Sample size Sample size: 200 students from SFDCI Sample size: 200 students from SFDCI 50 Grade 9s 50 Grade 9s 50 Grade 10s 50 Grade 10s 50 Grade 11s 50 Grade 11s 50 Grade 12s 50 Grade 12s All grades equally spilt in gender (25 male, 25 female) All grades equally spilt in gender (25 male, 25 female)

4. Is there a correlation between substance abuse and academic performance?

5. The Total The Total

6. The Smoking Population Do you smoke cigarettes regularly? Do you smoke cigarettes regularly? Do smokeDon't Smoke Grade 9842 Grade 10644 Grade 111832 Grade 122030

7. Smoking at SFDCI

9. Public Medical Central rise in smoking with students in Ontario and Quebec rise in smoking with students in Ontario and Quebec In Ontario, a report from the University of Toronto's Ontario Tobacco Research Unit showed that the rate of smoking among students in grades 7, 9, 11, and 13 rose from 22%in 1991 to 28%this year, In Ontario, a report from the University of Toronto's Ontario Tobacco Research Unit showed that the rate of smoking among students in grades 7, 9, 11, and 13 rose from 22%in 1991 to 28%this year, The first study, conducted by Quebec's statistics institute for the health ministry, showed that the number of students who smoked tripled between the first year they attended secondary school and the year they graduated The first study, conducted by Quebec's statistics institute for the health ministry, showed that the number of students who smoked tripled between the first year they attended secondary school and the year they graduated

10. Gender and Smoking at SFDCI

11. the relation between gender and smoking MaleFemale Grade 924 Grade 1021 Grade 1145 Grade 1276

12. The relationship between grade and drug use

13. The relationship between drug use and gender

14. MaleFemale Grade 91913 Grade 101821 Grade 111817 Grade 121324

15. The relationship between drug use and academic performance the relationship between drugs usage and Marks YesNo below 40%60 40-50%90 50-60%97 60-70%2919 70-80%1857 80-90%1530 90%+42

16. The relationship between drug use and academic performance

17. Statistics Canada. Percentage of Ontario students using drugs at least once during the past 12 months, Grades 7, 9 and 11 only 197919892003Change from 1989 to 2003 Tobacco35.022.217.4-4.8 Alcohol73.762.662.90.3 Cannabis29.111.927.815.9 Glue4.92.03.21.2 Other solvents7.23.46.63.2 Barbiturates7.42.12.70.6 Heroin2.51.21.40.2 Methamphetamine3.72.53.61.1 Stimulants11.05.85.4-0.4 Tranquillizers5.82.22.30.1 LSD9.05.42.9-2.5 Other hallucinogens5.23.89.55.7 Cocaine5.32.45.12.7 PCP..1.22.00.8 Crack..1.33.01.7 Ice....1.2.. Ecstasy....3.8.. Any illicit substance33.416.630.313.7 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.

18. Your thoughts? Our thoughts is that drugs are bad Our thoughts is that drugs are bad