Young adults who perceive that there is harm from use of a particular substance are at lower risk for using that substance. For the Young Adult Survey, data for Essex and Orleans Counties are combined due to small numbers of respondents. This measure for young adults in Vermont and in Essex/Orleans Counties has been declining over time, though increased in 2022 in Essex/Orleans Counties (difference between 2020 and 2022 is statistically significant).

References:

National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. (2009). Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities. Committee on the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions. Mary Ellen O’Connell, Thomas Boat, and Kenneth E. Warner, Editors. Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Surgeon General, Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health. Washington, DC: HHS, November 2016. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK424857/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK424857.pdf