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Percent of Students Reporting Use of LSD, PCP or Other Psychedelics within the Past 12 Months, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

19951998200120042007201020132016
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota9th4.8%6.7%5.8%4.7%7.5%6.0%3.6%5.5%4.5%2.7%3.9%3.3%2.4%3.4%2.9%2.2%2.9%2.5%***1.2%1.5%1.4%
Aitkin County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%10.0%18.5%13.4%12.3%4.8%7.9%3.5%1.9%2.8%1.5%0.0%0.8%1.8%3.1%2.5%***0.0%4.2%1.9%
Anoka County9th7.5%10.1%8.8%6.2%9.7%8.0%4.5%6.1%5.3%2.5%4.5%3.4%2.4%4.0%3.2%2.8%3.7%3.3%***1.9%1.6%1.8%
Becker County9th4.1%7.4%5.9%0.5%5.7%2.9%2.1%4.0%3.1%3.8%6.1%4.8%2.6%3.9%3.2%1.9%1.0%1.4%***0.8%2.4%1.6%
Beltrami County9th4.4%10.1%7.3%3.3%3.2%3.2%3.8%4.0%3.9%4.6%4.9%4.7%2.4%7.2%4.7%5.5%3.2%4.4%***1.6%2.4%2.0%
Benton County9th0.0%3.6%1.9%4.3%13.8%9.1%4.3%5.3%4.8%3.1%1.6%2.4%2.7%1.7%2.2%2.2%3.4%2.8%***1.8%3.4%2.7%
Big Stone County9th1.8%1.8%1.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%N/AN/AN/A4.5%7.3%6.3%N/AN/A3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Blue Earth County9th4.8%9.1%6.9%4.8%5.6%5.2%3.2%5.1%4.1%2.6%4.4%3.4%2.5%2.2%2.3%1.9%3.8%2.8%***0.6%1.2%0.9%
Brown County9th2.7%5.2%4.0%2.1%6.8%4.4%7.2%7.6%7.4%4.3%2.2%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.3%0.0%1.6%***0.0%0.8%0.4%
Carlton County9th5.7%7.1%6.4%5.1%7.1%6.1%4.6%7.6%6.1%2.9%3.3%3.1%1.6%2.8%2.1%3.5%2.2%2.8%***1.7%1.1%1.4%
Carver County9th6.2%5.7%5.9%1.5%5.1%3.3%3.3%7.5%5.3%2.4%3.3%2.9%2.7%4.0%3.4%2.5%3.4%3.0%***1.4%3.8%2.5%
Cass County9th9.6%7.9%8.8%7.6%7.3%7.5%6.1%6.8%6.4%10.0%3.8%7.1%3.5%5.6%4.5%2.1%2.3%2.2%***4.2%2.4%3.3%
Chippewa County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%5.7%3.0%4.4%3.4%2.9%3.1%N/AN/AN/A3.8%1.1%2.5%N/AN/AN/A******
Chisago County9th9.1%4.2%6.8%6.4%5.9%6.1%6.5%7.5%7.0%N/AN/AN/A4.1%4.0%4.0%2.7%2.0%2.4%******
Clay County9th3.3%7.2%5.2%2.7%4.9%3.8%2.4%3.5%3.0%1.8%3.5%2.6%3.4%3.5%3.4%2.8%2.9%2.8%***0.8%1.7%1.2%
Clearwater County9th5.5%2.1%4.1%4.1%14.9%10.3%1.6%2.1%1.8%N/AN/AN/A0.0%8.6%4.3%0.0%2.2%1.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Cook County9th4.8%18.8%10.8%6.7%0.0%4.2%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Cottonwood County9th1.3%1.3%1.3%6.1%0.0%2.9%1.2%3.2%2.0%1.2%4.0%2.6%1.3%4.5%3.0%2.1%2.2%2.2%***2.2%0.0%1.1%
Crow Wing County9th7.8%8.7%8.2%7.4%10.0%8.5%7.4%8.4%7.9%4.3%3.3%3.8%3.8%3.0%3.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Dakota County9th6.3%7.2%6.8%5.2%8.2%6.7%2.7%5.8%4.2%3.2%4.1%3.7%2.1%3.7%2.9%1.7%3.8%2.7%***1.4%1.0%1.2%
Dodge County9th3.9%2.8%3.3%2.8%2.8%2.8%4.2%7.8%5.8%4.0%8.2%5.9%5.3%3.6%4.5%2.7%3.2%2.9%***1.6%0.0%0.8%
Douglas County9th8.8%7.4%8.1%6.8%15.4%10.9%7.0%5.4%6.3%3.0%2.3%2.7%1.4%1.3%1.4%1.9%2.7%2.3%***1.3%0.7%1.0%
Faribault County9th3.6%7.0%5.4%7.0%7.4%7.2%4.6%5.8%5.2%6.0%0.0%3.0%2.5%1.4%2.0%N/AN/AN/A***0.0%5.2%2.9%
Fillmore County9th2.4%4.5%3.5%8.0%5.8%6.9%1.1%3.7%2.3%3.0%2.7%2.8%2.7%1.3%2.0%0.0%5.2%2.6%***0.0%1.5%0.7%
Freeborn County9th4.4%3.7%4.0%6.6%10.1%8.2%2.1%6.6%4.2%4.8%3.3%4.1%0.6%2.8%1.6%4.0%4.1%4.0%***1.1%0.0%0.5%
Goodhue County9th5.1%6.0%5.5%2.3%4.3%3.3%3.3%4.1%3.7%2.8%3.0%2.9%1.3%2.3%1.8%0.9%1.0%0.9%***2.0%0.0%0.9%
Grant County9th0.0%1.7%0.9%4.5%0.0%2.3%5.6%2.3%4.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.2%1.6%N/AN/AN/A***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Hennepin County9th5.1%7.7%6.4%3.8%6.9%5.3%3.2%5.1%4.1%2.0%4.5%3.2%2.2%3.8%2.9%1.8%2.9%2.3%***1.1%1.5%1.3%
Houston County9th1.5%5.6%3.7%4.9%11.5%7.8%6.0%2.4%4.3%1.7%6.5%3.8%2.6%1.0%1.9%3.9%3.8%3.9%***1.2%0.9%1.1%
Hubbard County9th3.3%7.3%5.2%8.5%12.6%10.5%1.5%6.8%4.3%5.3%4.2%4.8%6.1%4.5%5.2%5.7%5.1%5.4%***2.3%5.6%3.8%
Isanti County9th3.5%5.2%4.4%3.7%6.7%5.2%4.8%5.3%5.0%3.9%5.1%4.5%3.8%3.9%3.9%N/AN/AN/A***1.7%1.8%1.7%
Itasca County9th2.8%10.4%6.7%9.6%6.9%8.4%3.3%5.4%4.4%4.3%4.2%4.3%3.8%1.9%2.8%5.1%6.2%5.7%***3.5%0.6%2.1%
Jackson County9th0.0%5.1%2.4%1.6%4.8%3.2%5.6%4.5%5.1%0.0%1.8%0.9%2.1%10.4%6.3%0.0%1.9%1.1%***2.3%0.0%1.2%
Kanabec County9th5.3%7.4%6.4%7.8%7.3%7.5%2.3%5.6%3.8%N/AN/AN/A1.3%1.3%1.3%0.0%4.1%2.2%***1.4%1.3%1.3%
Kandiyohi County9th4.3%9.6%6.5%3.0%5.4%4.3%2.4%3.6%3.0%1.9%5.8%3.9%3.4%2.7%3.0%1.7%3.1%2.4%***0.0%1.1%0.6%
Kittson County9th3.9%0.0%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.4%0.0%2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%0.0%2.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Koochiching County9th0.0%5.2%2.5%4.6%6.1%5.3%3.1%5.3%4.3%3.1%5.5%4.2%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Lac Qui Parle County9th0.0%5.8%2.8%7.1%3.9%5.5%0.0%5.1%2.4%3.0%4.7%3.8%0.0%2.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lake County9th3.3%8.2%5.7%1.9%7.7%5.3%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Lake of the Woods County9th3.2%6.7%4.9%13.6%11.5%12.5%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Le Sueur County9th2.2%8.2%5.1%2.0%8.3%5.2%2.6%8.5%5.3%2.1%1.5%1.8%3.5%2.5%3.0%1.8%5.5%3.4%***0.8%3.0%2.0%
Lincoln County9th0.0%4.8%2.4%0.0%2.0%0.9%4.0%6.9%5.6%0.0%2.3%1.2%0.0%2.4%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Lyon County9th1.0%4.4%2.7%2.2%7.4%4.9%2.6%12.8%7.4%2.7%4.2%3.5%1.8%0.7%1.3%1.7%1.7%1.7%***0.0%0.7%0.4%
McLeod County9th3.6%5.8%4.6%2.7%4.4%3.5%4.6%5.1%4.9%2.0%2.6%2.3%4.4%3.1%3.7%1.8%3.4%2.7%******
Mahnomen County9th7.7%4.2%6.3%N/AN/AN/A3.2%2.9%3.1%N/AN/A7.0%0.0%2.8%1.4%8.0%0.0%4.3%***3.2%2.9%3.0%
Marshall County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%1.8%7.6%4.9%0.0%10.3%5.9%3.0%0.0%1.1%0.0%2.6%1.2%3.8%7.8%5.8%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Martin County9th1.6%3.1%2.3%2.6%7.7%5.2%3.8%8.2%5.8%5.1%3.6%4.4%2.7%0.9%1.7%4.9%2.3%3.5%******
Meeker County9th1.7%4.7%3.2%5.6%7.3%6.3%2.0%6.1%3.9%1.6%2.8%2.2%0.5%1.5%1.0%0.6%2.7%1.7%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mille Lacs County9th4.2%5.7%4.9%5.7%9.9%7.9%2.2%5.4%3.7%3.7%6.0%4.7%2.9%4.4%3.6%1.2%4.4%2.7%***0.5%2.5%1.5%
Morrison County9th4.6%5.3%4.9%5.7%6.4%6.1%1.7%6.6%4.1%1.1%5.6%3.4%2.0%3.0%2.5%1.9%1.1%1.5%***1.1%2.0%1.6%
Mower County9th0.0%1.9%1.1%4.0%5.0%4.5%6.6%8.6%7.5%3.8%3.0%3.4%2.2%2.2%2.2%2.8%1.2%2.1%***0.7%1.3%1.0%
Murray County9th1.5%4.0%2.6%12.5%8.2%10.5%1.4%5.5%3.2%0.0%4.3%2.2%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A***0.0%2.4%1.3%
Nicollet County9th2.5%14.1%8.5%10.1%9.7%9.9%2.7%8.6%5.6%2.5%3.3%2.8%9.0%1.5%5.3%N/AN/A2.0%******
Nobles County9th2.5%0.0%1.2%3.4%7.8%5.4%1.7%6.2%3.9%2.9%1.8%2.3%3.3%2.0%2.7%2.7%4.8%3.7%***0.0%2.9%1.7%
Norman County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%5.7%4.0%2.1%0.0%1.2%0.0%4.5%2.4%3.0%0.0%1.4%3.3%2.3%2.7%***3.2%0.0%1.6%
Olmsted County9th5.3%6.2%5.7%3.9%7.3%5.4%3.0%5.5%4.2%2.6%3.8%3.2%1.9%3.3%2.6%1.5%3.3%2.3%***1.0%1.1%1.1%
Otter Tail County9th3.6%8.4%5.8%7.3%7.8%7.6%2.0%4.1%3.0%1.4%4.7%3.1%2.4%2.9%2.7%1.2%1.2%1.2%***0.4%0.0%0.2%
Pennington County9th3.5%5.7%4.7%4.1%2.9%3.5%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.0%1.1%1.5%1.3%N/AN/AN/A******
Pine County9th4.3%8.1%6.0%1.7%7.7%4.5%4.9%6.6%5.8%3.9%5.4%4.6%0.0%4.6%2.3%1.7%1.7%1.7%***0.8%2.4%1.6%
Pipestone County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%3.2%9.1%5.9%4.9%1.8%3.4%4.3%0.0%2.2%0.0%2.1%0.9%N/AN/AN/A******
Polk County9th2.4%3.6%2.9%3.7%4.2%4.0%2.2%2.7%2.4%1.4%3.9%2.6%2.3%3.0%2.7%2.4%2.0%2.2%***2.6%1.2%1.9%
Pope County9th2.6%4.2%3.4%1.8%6.3%3.8%N/AN/A4.0%N/AN/A3.0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A***0.0%3.3%1.8%
Ramsey County9th6.1%6.5%6.3%4.8%7.9%6.3%4.0%5.2%4.6%3.2%4.3%3.7%1.9%3.6%2.7%2.0%3.4%2.7%***0.7%1.5%1.1%
Red Lake County9th0.0%2.5%1.1%2.3%4.8%3.5%3.7%2.9%3.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%2.0%12.5%0.0%7.1%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Redwood County9th3.8%0.0%2.1%0.0%3.9%1.8%1.8%0.9%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%0.0%1.3%5.1%6.1%5.6%***0.0%1.6%0.8%
Renville County9th0.0%3.4%1.9%3.8%3.1%3.5%3.4%0.0%1.8%6.0%4.7%5.5%2.0%5.6%3.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%***1.9%0.0%1.1%
Rice County9th5.3%6.1%5.7%4.6%3.8%4.2%1.1%7.3%4.1%1.6%2.4%1.9%2.5%4.7%3.6%2.7%2.0%2.3%***0.5%1.1%0.8%
Rock County9th1.4%1.9%1.7%6.1%4.7%5.3%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Roseau County9th5.0%4.9%4.9%5.0%3.9%4.4%1.0%5.0%3.1%2.4%2.8%2.6%1.1%1.8%1.5%1.0%1.0%1.0%***1.2%2.1%1.7%
St. Louis County9th4.6%8.3%6.4%5.6%7.8%6.7%3.8%3.7%3.8%2.4%2.9%2.6%2.2%4.9%3.6%3.5%2.0%2.8%***1.0%0.8%0.9%
Scott County9th4.3%8.7%6.4%4.7%9.9%7.1%5.9%8.3%7.0%1.5%3.4%2.5%2.3%3.1%2.7%2.5%2.1%2.3%***1.2%1.8%1.5%
Sherburne County9th7.2%8.5%7.8%7.8%10.8%9.5%4.8%7.4%6.1%2.8%3.0%2.9%3.1%3.5%3.3%2.7%2.1%2.4%***1.9%1.9%1.9%
Sibley County9th0.0%1.3%0.6%1.0%5.5%3.2%4.0%4.1%4.0%2.6%4.7%3.8%2.7%0.0%1.4%0.0%1.7%0.8%***0.0%4.3%2.0%
Stearns County9th3.6%4.7%4.1%3.2%7.6%5.3%2.6%1.9%2.3%2.2%2.7%2.4%2.9%0.9%1.9%2.4%3.2%2.8%***0.4%2.8%1.6%
Steele County9th3.0%4.2%3.5%4.3%6.2%5.1%2.3%3.2%2.7%0.6%3.5%1.9%1.0%2.1%1.5%1.8%1.2%1.5%***0.5%1.0%0.8%
Stevens County9th5.1%3.7%4.4%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.9%1.3%N/AN/A0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Swift County9th0.0%2.7%1.4%5.3%3.8%4.6%2.0%6.0%4.0%N/AN/AN/A1.8%0.0%0.9%0.0%4.7%2.5%******
Todd County9th0.6%2.0%1.3%4.2%7.7%5.9%3.1%4.8%3.9%3.4%0.7%2.1%4.2%0.7%2.4%0.0%1.0%0.5%***1.1%0.0%0.5%
Traverse County9thN/AN/AN/A0.0%10.5%5.6%N/AN/A7.0%N/AN/A0.0%N/AN/A0.0%N/AN/A3.0%******
Wabasha County9th2.4%0.0%1.1%1.4%3.9%2.7%4.6%3.1%3.8%1.7%1.9%1.8%1.3%2.0%1.7%1.3%1.4%1.4%***1.2%0.7%1.0%
Wadena County9th1.0%5.2%3.0%2.2%11.3%6.3%2.2%4.5%3.5%0.0%4.0%2.0%1.8%0.0%1.1%1.4%1.8%1.5%***0.0%1.6%0.7%
Waseca County9th0.6%1.1%0.8%6.7%4.3%5.7%6.6%0.7%3.4%0.9%2.7%1.8%0.0%4.0%2.2%N/AN/A1.0%***0.0%1.0%0.5%
Washington County9th6.9%10.8%8.7%6.3%9.9%8.1%4.1%7.2%5.6%3.7%5.0%4.3%3.7%4.7%4.2%2.4%3.4%2.9%***2.2%1.8%2.0%
Watonwan County9th1.1%7.1%3.7%7.0%3.1%5.3%4.9%8.1%6.3%0.0%7.4%3.7%2.9%3.8%3.3%4.8%0.0%2.4%***0.0%1.4%0.7%
Wilkin County9th1.5%3.7%2.5%9.1%16.3%12.5%0.0%8.3%3.2%1.9%0.0%0.9%8.7%5.0%7.0%3.7%5.6%4.8%***0.0%2.1%1.2%
Winona County9th4.1%6.2%5.1%2.5%1.5%2.0%1.8%5.1%3.5%3.4%3.3%3.3%4.8%4.7%4.7%1.7%3.6%2.6%***2.2%2.2%2.2%
Wright County9th4.9%4.7%4.8%5.6%8.9%7.3%4.0%6.9%5.4%2.0%3.2%2.5%2.2%2.7%2.4%1.6%1.6%1.6%***1.5%2.4%2.0%
Yellow Medicine County9th1.3%4.5%3.0%1.7%0.0%1.0%0.0%5.7%3.4%3.1%6.3%4.7%1.6%3.4%2.5%0.0%3.6%1.8%***0.0%0.0%0.0%

About the Indicator: Other drug consumption by youth is measured here as the number of students reporting any use of psychedelics in the past 12 months. Students were asked whether they used LSD (acid), PCP (wet sticks or dipped joints), or other psychedelics (mushrooms, angel dust).  N/A or * indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected. As a result of discrepancies in illicit drug use responses, 2013 drug use data are not reliable and are not included here.

In 2010, reported past 12 month psychedelic use among 12th graders in Minnesota was 4.3%.  Nationally, 2.6% reported use of LSD and 4.8% reported use of other hallucinogens.  State rates are from the Minnesota Student Survey; national rates are from Monitoring the Future (MTF).   For more national comparisons, click here State Epi Profile.

Data Source: Minnesota Student Survey (MSS)

Description: The MSS is a confidential and anonymous self-administered survey given to students attending Minnesota public, charter and tribal schools. From 1995 to 2010, the survey was administered to students in 6th, 9th, and 12th grades. New in 2013, the survey was administered to students in 5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades. Trend data are now only available for 9th graders, and only for survey questions that did not change. Most schools elect to participate in the survey; in 2013, this included 84% of public schools in Minnesota.

Although the data are not presented here, the survey is also administered to area learning centers, juvenile correction facilities and private schools electing to participate.

Sponsored by: Minnesota Department of Education

Geographic Level: State, Region, and County

Aggregated data at the state and county level do not reveal disparities that may exist within a given geographic area.

Frequency: Data collected and reported every three years

Characteristics: The results of the MSS are also available at a county level. Data Privacy requirements mandate that data is presented in a manner such that no individual student can be identified through the presentation of the results. As part of the Data Privacy practices, the results are also presented in a manner that no individual school district could be identified through the results. Therefore, for counties that have only one school district, the results are not presented. Results are also withheld for counties in which the minimum number for student participation was not met.

The MSS is a “census” of schools, not a sample. The school districts get their own data. Fifth-graders were not asked all substance use questions. Some school districts do not participate, and student participation within the school district can vary widely. These data are self-reported.