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Spend Less on Your Prescriptions
Introducing the Marshall County
Prescription Discount Card.
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The Family Preparedness
Plan
Coming up with a plan to help
prepare your family can be great to make sure you have all the neccesities in case of an emergency. Read the rest of the story
for a plan in English and Spanish.
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The results are in from the Kansas
Communities That Care (KCTC) youth survey given to Marshall
county students in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12. The KCTC has
been administering surveys free of charge annually throughout
the state since 1994. The goal of these surveys are to
track teen use of harmful substances such as alcohol, tobacco
and other drugs. Participation in the surveys are
voluntary for all districts and students in the state. The
content of the survey is broken down into three major sections
which focus on student background information, alcohol, tobacco,
and other drug use, and risk and protective factors. For
the 2010 Marshall county survey 60.1% of students who were
eligible to participate took the survey. The results have
been complied and can be viewed by clicking
here. 
- 40.40% of Marshall County 10th graders have smoked
cigarettes at least once in their lifetime. (Kansas Average:
31.92%)
- 54.26% of Marshall County 12th graders have used alcohol
at least once in the past 30 days (Kansas Average 46.77%)
- 56.44% Marshall County youth plan to drink beer, wine,
or liquor when they are an adult.
- 48.07% of students say it is very easy or sort of easy
to get alcohol
- At a party 27.59% of students say they would drink an
alcoholic beverage if it was offered to them
- 52.2% of students say they have used alcohol at least
once in their life
To learn more about the KCTC surveys please visit their
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