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Ogden district review of SHARP survey finds declines in youth vaping and marijuana but persistent mental-health and substance-use gaps
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Chad Carpenter and public-health partners briefed the board on SHARP survey results showing local declines in youth marijuana and vaping since 2021, while signaling ongoing concerns about high alcohol use, elevated reports of depression, and food insecurity among students.
Assistant Superintendent Chad Carpenter presented the SHARP (Student Health and Risk Prevention) survey and its implications for Ogden City School District, telling the board that about 1,500 Ogden students took the opt-in, anonymous instrument and that the survey is widely used by schools, health departments and community partners.
Carpenter summarized district-level trends, saying: “Ogden has seen a major drop in its students using marijuana. It fell from 21.6 in 2021 to 13.1 in 2025,” and that vaping also declined from about 28.1% in 2021 to 16.5% in 2025. He cautioned that some items added late in the survey may slightly skew results for particular questions.
The presentation also flagged continuing problems: Carpenter…
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