• Number of Mount Blue High School students expelled so far this academic year for marijuana-related infraction: 2

• Number of Mount Blue High School students suspended so far this academic year for marijuana-related infraction: 20

• Percentage of Mount Blue High School Class of 2002 students who said the school provided a “good” or “excellent” drug free environment: 27.2

• Percentage of Mount Blue High School Class of 2002 students who said the school “needed improvement” or was “below average” in providing a drug free environment: 42.4

• Percentage of Rangeley Lakes Regional School seniors and juniors who said they first used marijuana before they entered high school in a 2002 survey: 42

• Percentage of Rangeley 9th to 12th graders who said there was only a “slight risk” or “no risk” in regular use of marijuana in a 2002 survey: 45.2

• Percentage of Franklin County juniors who said they had used marijuana between 20 and 39 times in the last 30 days in a 2002 survey: 6.5

• Percentage of Franklin County freshman who said they had used marijuana more than 40 times in their lifetime in a 2002 survey: 11

• Percentage of Franklin County seniors who said they had used marijuana more than 40 times in their lifetime in a 2002 survey: 22

Sources: School principals, superintendents and the Maine Office of Substance Abuse’s 2002 Maine Youth Drug and Alcohol Use Survey.

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