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Reduce the proportion of lesbian, gay, or bisexual high school students who have used illicit drugs — LGBT‑07 Data

Status: Baseline only

  Baseline only

Most Recent Data:
23.2 percent (2021)

Target:
18.4 percent 

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
23.2 percent of sexual minority students in grades 9 through 12 reported that they had ever used illicit drugs in their lifetime in 2021 

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Illicit drugs ever used among lesbian, gay, or bisexual adolescents, 2021
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2021
Total
23.2
CI 19.8 / 26.9
SE 1.745