. >> in massachusetts, 18-year-old aaron deveaux is sentenced to a year in jail for texting while driving and killing a 55-year-old father of three. now a cdc survey on risky behavior finds a third of all high schoolers admitting that texted or e-mailed while driving over the previous 30 days. >> it's frustrating while we're making great progress in increasing seat belt use and reducing the number of kids who are driving while drinking, other safety issues pop up in their place, related to new technology. >> other findings, the number of kids smoking cigarettes hasn't changed much in recent years. about 16%, but more kids are regularly smoking marijuana, 23%. and while fewer kids are drinking alcohol, nearly 21% had taken prescription drugs without a prescription. it's no surprise to teen and adolescent psychiatrist. dr. josh winer. >> it's not just the bad kids using drugs and alcohol. drugs and alcohol are being used by the straight-a students and the captain of the football team. >> experts say so much of the abuse is a sign of the times. with high schoolers under so much pressure at s

aaron deveaux was convicted of the homicide of a father last february. 38 states ban text messaging for all drivers and 31 make it illegal for novice drivers. those numbers may soon be rising. last hour the transportation hour announced a new annual distracted driving initiative. lizzie o'leary has more on this. >> reporter: what they are trying to do here is poke congress a little bit and raise awareness about distracted driving. this has been the transportation secretary ray lahood's baby. it's his campaign. he's been pushing hard against distracted driving. they are giving extra money to california and delaware to try to have distracted driving awareness campaigns. they are needling congress saying you guys haven't passed a big transportation bill that would overhaul the roads since the eisenhower era. they want to get distracted driving stuff in that, as well. it's two part. raising awareness and trying to get the policy to move a little further along. >> if you look at the facts, it puts the danger in perspective. texting while driving takes the driver's eyes off the road for an av