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MONTGOMERY COUNTY 2021 Wellness Survey

SURVEY DATA COLLECTED FROM: 10/10 SURVEY DATA COLLECTED FROM MONTGOMERY , , , , COUNTY , , Montgomery County Community College, , , AND UNIVERSITIES

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COLLEGE STUDENT 56.3% STUDENT (MCCS) PAST 30 DAY USE COMPARED TO THE 2019 MONITORING THE USE IN THE ALCOHOL FUTURE SURVEY (MTF) LAST 30 ALCOHOL DAYS 19.3% 56.3% MCCS 62.0% MTF MARIJUANA MARAJUANA Substance use among Montgomery County 19.3% MCCS 26.0% MTF College Students is slightly NICOTINE* below national college 21.8% student use trends NICOTINE 21.8% MCCS 29.6% MTF *AGGREGATE VAPING AND CIGARETTE NICOTINE USE

4.2 % OF of students reported being prescribed STUDENTS 46% an opioid in their lifetime REPORT of students reported filling an opioid USING 38% prescription in their lifetime OPIOIDS IN of students reported taking an opioid THE LAST medication that was prescribed to 12 MONTHS 33% them in their lifetime

STUDENTS YET ONLY PERCEPTION BELIEVED THAT VS. 59.7% 19.3% 80.7% REALITY OF THEIR PEERS OF STUDENTS DID NOT USE HAD USED HAD USED MARIJUANA MARIJUANA IN MARIJUANA IN IN THE PAST THE PAST 30 THE PAST 30 30 DAYS DAYS DAYS MONTGOMERY COUNTY 2021 College Wellness Survey

TOP BARRIERS TO TOP COPING MECHANISMS ACCESSING SUPPORT REPORTED BY STUDENTS SERVICES

Good Good Proper Nutrition 38% TIME support support (eating a variety system system of healthy foods 26% COST 1of friends 2 of family 3daily) 16% STIGMA CONCERNS 66% OF STUDENTS REPORT THAT THEIR EMOTIONAL HEALTH IS WORSE THAN COMPARED TO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC

IN STUDENTS IN STUDENTS REPORTING REPORTING SYMPTOMS OF SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION ANXIETY 41% 38% Reported using alcohol to cope Reported using alcohol to cope 16% 19% Reported using marijuana to cope Reported using marijuana to cope 20% 20% Reported using nicotine to cope Reported using nicotine to cope

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