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