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PAST-MONTH MARIJUANA USE MOSTLY STEADY
68.9% OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS DO NOT VIEW REGULAR MARIJUANA SMOKING AS HARMFUL, BUT 68.5% SAY THEY
DISAPPROVE OF REGULAR MARIJUANA SMOKING
1996 – 2016
1996 20162005
12th graders
10th graders
8th graders
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
2016
10th graders
14.0%8th graders
5.4%12th graders
22.5%
1996 – 2016
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
1996 20162005
12th graders
10th graders
8th graders
PAST-MONTH ALCOHOL USE CONTINUES STEADY DECLINE
2016
12th graders
33.2%10th graders
19.9%8th graders
7.3%
DRUGABUSE.GOV
Monitoring the Future is an annual survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, under a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health. Since 1975, the survey has measured drug, alcohol, and cigarette use and related attitudes in 12th graders nationwide; 8th and 10th graders were added to the survey in 1991
45,473 STUDENTS FROM 372 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE 2016 SURVEY.
TEENS MORE LIKELY TO USE E-CIGARETTES THAN CIGARETTES
PRESCRIPTION/OVER-THE-COUNTER VS. ILLICIT DRUGS
.
TEEN
USEDRUG
MONITORING THE FUTURE 2016
8thGrade
10thGrade
12thGrade
What did 12th graders think was in the mist they inhaled from an e-cigarette? Despite the belief that the liquid used in e-cigs contains only flavoring, it also might contain nicotine.
62.8%
24.9% 6.8%
5.6%
Flavoring
Marijuana or hash oil
Nicotine
Don’t know
STUDENTS REPORT LOWEST RATES SINCE START OF THE SURVEYAcross all grades, past-year use of inhalants, heroin, methamphetamine, alcohol, cigarettes,
and synthetic cannabinoids are at their lowest by many measures.
Past-year use among 12th graders
6.7%
PRESCRIPTION/OTC
4.9%
4.8%
4.0%
3.0%
ILLICIT DRUGS
VICODIN
35.6%
4.3%
3.5%
2.7%
2.3%
1.8%
1.7%
Marijuana/Hash
Hallucinogens
Synthetic Marijuana
MDMA (Ecstasy)
Cocaine (any form)
Salvia
Inhalants
2.6%6.2%
4.9%
1 1.0% 10.5%12.5%
Past-year misuse of Vicodin® among 12th graders has dropped dramatically in the past 5 years. So has misuse of all Rx opioids among 12th graders despite high opioid overdose rates among adults.
Amphetamines
Tranquilizers
Opioids other than Heroin
Cough Medicine
Sedatives
Past-month use
PAST-MONTH CIGARETTE USE CONTINUES STEADY DECLINE
1996 – 2016
1996 20162005
12th graders
10th graders
8th graders
40%
30%
20%
10%
2016
12th graders
10.5%10th graders
4.9%8th graders
2.6%
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
7.5%
2.9%