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    The document summarizes trends in drug use among American youth based on the Monitoring the Future survey. It finds that use of alcohol, cigarettes, and many illicit drugs has decreased over the past 5 years to some of the lowest levels ever. However, electronic cigarette use remains high. While marijuana use has remained steady, perceptions of its harm have decreased.

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    High School and Youth Trends

    This years Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey of drug use and attitudes among
    American 8th, 10th, and 12th graders continues to show encouraging news, with
    decreasing use of alcohol, cigarettes, and many illicit drugs over the last 5 yearsmany
    to their lowest levels since this surveys inception; no increase in use of marijuana among
    teens; decreasing use of synthetic drugs; and decreasing misuse of prescription drugs.
    However, the survey highlighted continuing concerns over the high rate of electronic
    cigarette (e-cigarette) use and softening of attitudes around some types of drug use,
    particularly a continued decrease in perceived harm of marijuana use.
    Overall
    For many substances, past-year use has declined to the lowest levels since the MTF
    survey began. This includes heroin, synthetic cannabinoids, Vicodin,
    methamphetamine, amphetamines, inhalants, Ecstasy, alcohol, and cigarettes, among all
    ages surveyed; hallucinogens, Ritalin, OxyContin, bath salts, and over-the-counter
    cough medicines among 8th and 10th graders; cocaine among 8th and 12th graders; and
    prescription pain relievers (narcotics other than heroin), sedatives, and crystal
    methamphetamine in 12th graders (the only grade sampled for these substances). Pastyear use of illicit drugs was reported by 23.6 percent of 12th graders.
    Drugs

    Prevalence of Past-Year Drug Use Among 12th Graders


    Prevalence
    Drugs

    Alcohol
    Marijuana/Hashish
    Hookah
    Small cigars
    Amphetamines*
    Adderall*
    Snus
    Narcotics o/t Heroin *
    Synthetic Cannabinoids
    Tranquilizers*
    Cough Medicine*
    * Nonmedical use

    58.2
    34.9
    19.8
    15.9
    7.7
    7.5
    5.8
    5.4
    5.2
    4.7
    4.6

    Prevalence

    Vicodin*
    Hallucinogens
    OxyContin*
    Sedatives*
    MDMA (Ecstasy)
    LSD
    Hallucinogens o/t LSD
    Cocaine (any form)
    Ritalin*
    Inhalants
    Salvia
    Categories not mutually exclusive

    High School and Youth Trends June 2016 Page 1

    4.4
    4.2
    3.7
    3.6
    3.6
    2.9
    2.9
    2.5
    2.0
    1.9
    1.9

    Opioids
    Despite the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic, past-year prescription opioid
    misuse (reported in the survey as "narcotics other than heroin") continued to
    decline, reflecting a significant decrease over the past 5 years. In addition, heroin use is
    at the lowest rate since the MTF survey began in all ages surveyed. There was a
    continued steady decline in the perception of availability of heroin among all ages
    surveyed despite increasing use among adults. There is a continued high rate of
    disapproval of taking heroin occasionally95.3 percent among 12th graders.

    High School and Youth Trends June 2016 Page 2

    Marijuana
    Marijuana use remained steady among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders over the past 5
    years despite softening of perceived risks. Past-month use of smoked marijuana
    remained steady among 8th graders at 6.5 percent, 10th graders at 14.8 percent, and
    12th graders at 21.3 percent. Six percent of 12th graders report daily use of marijuana.
    The majority of high school seniors do not think occasional marijuana smoking is
    harmful, with only 31.9 percent saying that regular use puts the user at great risk
    compared to 78.6 percent in 1991. However, disapproval of regularly smoking marijuana
    remains relatively high at 70.7 percent among 12th graders, although this rate has
    gradually declined from a high of 90.1 percent in 1992.

    High School and Youth Trends June 2016 Page 3

    Past-month marijuana use continues to exceed cigarette use among high school
    seniors. In 2015, 21.3 percent of high school seniors used marijuana in the past 30 days
    compared to 11.4 percent who smoked cigarettes. In 2015, for the first time, daily
    cigarette use (5.5 percent) was lower than daily marijuana use (6 percent) among
    high school seniors. Among high school seniors, 79.5 percent say it is easy to get
    marijuana.

    Synthetic Cannabinoids
    There has been a significant decline in past-year use of synthetic cannabinoids
    (K2/herbal incense, sometimes called "synthetic marijuana") since the survey has
    been tracking its use. Only 5.2 percent of 12th graders reported its use this year,
    compared to 11.3 percent in 2012. This is associated with an increase, over the same
    period, in the perceived risk of taking synthetic marijuana once or twice among 12th
    graders.

    High School and Youth Trends June 2016 Page 4

    Alcohol
    Five-year trends continue to show significant decreases in alcohol use among all
    grades. Past-month use of alcohol was 9.7 percent, 21.5 percent, and 35.3 percent of 8th,
    10th, and 12th graders, respectively, compared to 5 years ago, with rates at 13.8 percent,
    28.9 percent, and 41.2 percent in 2010. There was also a significant drop in daily use
    of alcohol among 10th graders, in 12th-grade students reporting being drunk in
    the past year, and in binge drinking among 10th and 12th graders. The binge
    drinking rate represents the percentage of students who reported consuming five or
    more drinks in a row sometime in the last 2 weeks. Rates of disapproval of binge drinking
    remained high at 71.9 percent among 12th graders.

    High School and Youth Trends June 2016 Page 5

    Nicotine and Tobacco


    Cigarette smoking continues to drop and is currently at its lowest rate in the
    surveys history. Daily cigarette smoking
    decreased to 1.3 percent among 8th graders,
    compared to 2.9 percent 5 years ago; to 3.0
    percent among 10th graders, compared to 6.6
    percent 5 years ago; and to 5.5 percent
    among high school seniors, down from 6.7
    percent last year and 10.7 percent in 2010.
    Daily smoking rates among seniors peaked in
    1997 at nearly 25 percent. Among 10th
    graders, there was a significant drop in
    perceived availability of cigarettes, with 66.6
    percent saying they are fairly or very easy to
    obtain, compared to last years 69.0 percent.

    There was an increase in the percent of 8th and 10th graders who view regular ecigarette use as harmful, to 18.5 and 17.0 percent respectively, and in the percentage of
    8th and 10th graders who disapprove of
    using e-cigarettes regularly, to 65.0 and 59.9
    percent respectively.

    Measured for the first time in the MTF survey


    in 2014, the use of e-cigarettes remains
    high among teens with 9.5 percent of 8th
    graders, 14.0 percent of 10th graders, and
    16.2 percent of 12th graders reporting using
    e-cigarettes in the past month. For the first
    time, students were asked about what they
    vaporized the last time they used an ecigarette. A significant majority (more than
    60 percent across all grades) reported vaporizing "just flavoring." Among high school
    seniors, 22.2 percent reported inhaling nicotine, 6.1 percent reported inhaling marijuana
    or hash oil, and 6.3 percent indicated that they did not know what they inhaled. However,
    some products labeled "nicotine-free" may actually contain nicotine.

    High School and Youth Trends June 2016 Page 6

    The nicotine in e-cigarettes is vaporized and inhaled (not smoked); however, the health
    impact of e-cigarette use is not yet clear, and early evidence suggests that e-cigarette use
    may serve as an introductory product for youth who then go on to use other tobacco
    products, including conventional cigarettes (Rigotti, 2015).

    Learn More
    For more information about the Monitoring the Future survey and results, please visit:
    www.monitoringthefuture.org
    www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/monitoring-future

    This publication is available for your use and may be reproduced in its entirety without
    permission from NIDA. Citation of the source is appreciated, using the following language:

    Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse; National Institutes of Health; U.S. Department of
    Health and Human Services.
    June 2016

    Reference
    Rigotti NA. e-Cigarette use and subsequent tobacco use by adolescents: new evidence
    about a potential risk of e-cigarettes. JAMA. 2015;314(7):673-674.

    High School and Youth Trends June 2016 Page 7

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