CDC: SURVEY FINDS MORE TEENS USING COCAINE, DRINKING, SMOKING

ATLANTA (AP) -- More teenagers are using cocaine and regularly smoking and
drinking, but an increasing number are also wearing seat belts and refusing
to ride with a driver who's been drinking, according to a survey released
Thursday.

The annual survey, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in schools across the country, examined the behavior of 13,600
high school students.

The survey found injury and violence-related behaviors have fallen, but
kids still regularly smoke and drink -- nearly half said they'd consumed
more than one alcoholic beverage more than once in the month before the survey.

The number of teenagers who said they had tried cocaine in their lifetime
rose to 9.4 percent, up from 5.9 percent in 1991. About 4.2 percent of
students said they had used cocaine in the past 30 days, up from 1.7
percent in 1991.