Substance Solutions for Amador Youth Coalition (SSAY)
Community Survey - Youth Substance Use 2022

Dear Friends, Neighbors, and Colleagues,

The Substance Solutions for Amador Youth Coalition. (SSAY) was developed to address ways our community can improve the lives of children and teens who have been challenged by substance use and misuse. Our goals are outlined in the Mission Statement below.

Substance Solutions for Amador Youth Coalition, Mission Statement

Supporting Amador County youth and their families, to reduce and prevent youth substance use; Utilizing a whole community approach for changing environments; Implementing local solutions for local conditions, towards substance free childhoods.

Your experience and opinions are valuable to the SSAY Coalition as we work towards reducing youth substance use/misuse. Please take this quick 5-minute survey. Responses and respondents are kept confidential. The results will be available 5/1/22 on the ATCAA Website and Facebook page. Your comments are especially important, so please add your responses and thoughts in the Comment Boxes where available. We encourage you to share this survey with others in your personal and work life. The survey will close 3/31/22.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this!

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* 1. What two substances do you believe are the most used by grade school youth up to 8th grade?

PLEASE SELECT TWO.

Alcohol

Marijuana

Prescription drugs

Opioids

Heroin

Tobacco / vaping

Other (please elaborate below)

Add your comments and thoughts

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* 2. What two substances do you believe are the most used by high school aged youth?

PLEASE SELECT TWO

Alcohol

Marijuana

Prescription drugs

Opioids

Heroin

Tobacco / vaping

Other (please elaborate below)

Add your comments and thoughts

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* 3. What do you think are the root causes of Amador youth using substances?

PLEASE SELECT TWO

Peer Pressure and a need to fit in

Substances are easily available

Family members are not providing positive support for their children

Children/Teens are experiencing family violence and/or abuse

Teens are under a lot of pressure and seek escape. ( Please give examples in comment box such as, Lack of friends / peer support; Academic challenges; Lack of connection with school setting; Lack of community support )

Other (please elaborate below)

Add your comments and thoughts

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* 4. I answered the questions above from the point or view as a:

Parent, Grandparent, Guardian, Caregiver

Youth, under 18 years old

Business person

Other (please elaborate below)

Add your comments and thoughts

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* 5. What do you believe the SSAY Coalition should focus on?

PLEASE SELECT TWO

Changing local policies regarding youth substance use / misuse

Laws regarding youth substance use / misuse

Changing community environments regarding youth substance use / misuse

Changing community norms, attitudes and beliefs regarding youth substance use/misuse

Other (please specify)

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* 6. If our community could do just one thing to prevent youth substance use what would that be?

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* 7. What most shaped your responses to the questions above?

Please select TWO.

Direct experience with youth

Conversations in my business or agency work

Conversations with my family, friends, community, church, neighborhood.

Data on youth substance use/misuse I access in my work or community

Personal life experiences

Other (please elaborate below)

Add your comments and thoughts

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* 8. If you have any general comments, please add below in the Comment box.

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* 9. Please indicate additional interests you may have in the SSAY Coalition.

Become a member

Be a guest speaker for a topic addressed in this survey

Volunteer

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* 10. Please provide your information if you are interested in becoming a member, guest speaker, or volunteer.

Name

Phone Number

Email Address

Substance Solutions for Amador Youth Coalition (SSAY) Community Survey - Youth Substance Use 2022

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* 1. What two substances do you believe are the most used by grade school youth up to 8th grade? PLEASE SELECT TWO.

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* 2. What two substances do you believe are the most used by high school aged youth?PLEASE SELECT TWO

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* 3. What do you think are the root causes of Amador youth using substances?PLEASE SELECT TWO

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* 4. I answered the questions above from the point or view as a:

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* 5. What do you believe the SSAY Coalition should focus on?PLEASE SELECT TWO

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* 6. If our community could do just one thing to prevent youth substance use what would that be?

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* 7. What most shaped your responses to the questions above? Please select TWO.

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* 8. If you have any general comments, please add below in the Comment box.

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* 9. Please indicate additional interests you may have in the SSAY Coalition.

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* 10. Please provide your information if you are interested in becoming a member, guest speaker, or volunteer.

Substance Solutions for Amador Youth Coalition (SSAY)
Community Survey - Youth Substance Use 2022

* 1. What two substances do you believe are the most used by grade school youth up to 8th grade?

PLEASE SELECT TWO.

* 2. What two substances do you believe are the most used by high school aged youth?

PLEASE SELECT TWO

* 3. What do you think are the root causes of Amador youth using substances?

PLEASE SELECT TWO

* 5. What do you believe the SSAY Coalition should focus on?

PLEASE SELECT TWO

* 7. What most shaped your responses to the questions above?

Please select TWO.