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Monitoring the Future Study: Trends in Prevalence of Various Drugs

Monitoring the Future Study: Trends in Prevalence of Various Drugs
for 8th-Graders, 10th-Graders, and 12th-Graders

2007-2010 (in percent)*
Drug Time Period 8th-Graders 10th-Graders 12th-Graders
2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010
Any Illicit Drug Use Lifetime 19.0 19.6 19.9 21.4 35.6 34.1 36.0 37.0 46.8 47.4 46.7 48.2
Past Year 13.2 14.1 14.5 [16.0] 28.1 26.9 29.4 30.2 35.9 36.6 36.5 38.3
Past Month 7.4 7.6 8.1 [9.5] 16.9 15.8 17.8 18.5 21.9 22.3 23.3 23.8
Marijuana/Hashish Lifetime 14.2 14.6 15.7 17.3 31.0 29.9 32.3 33.4 41.8 42.6 42.0 43.8
Past Year 10.3 10.9 11.8 [13.7] 24.6 23.9 26.7 27.5 31.7 32.4 32.8 34.8
Past Month 5.7 5.8 6.5 [8.0] 14.2 13.8 15.9 16.7 18.8 19.4 20.6 21.4
Daily 0.8 0.9 1.0 [1.2] 2.8 2.7 2.8 [3.3] 5.1 5.4 5.2 [6.1]
Inhalants Lifetime 15.6 15.7 14.9 14.5 13.6 12.8 12.3 12.0 10.5 9.9 9.5 9.0
Past Year 8.3 8.9 8.1 8.1 6.6 5.9 6.1 5.7 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.6
Past Month 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.6 2.5 2.1 [2.2] 2.0 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.4
Hallucinogens Lifetime 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.4 6.4 5.5 6.1 6.1 8.4 8.7 7.4 8.6
Past Year 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.2 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.2 5.4 5.9 [4.7] 5.5
Past Month 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.7 [2.2] [1.6] 1.9
LSD Lifetime 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.8 3.0 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.4 4.0 3.1 4.0
Past Year 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.7 [1.9] [2.6]
Past Month 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 [1.1] [0.5] [0.8]
Cocaine Lifetime 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.6 5.3 4.5 4.6 3.7 7.8 7.2 [6.0] 5.5
Past Year 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.6 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.2 5.2 4.4 [3.4] 2.9
Past Month 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.3 1.2 [0.9] 0.9 [2.0] 1.9 [1.3] 1.3
Crack Cocaine Lifetime 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.5 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.8 3.2 2.8 2.4 2.4
Past Year 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.9 [1.6] 1.3 1.4
Past Month 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 [0.5] 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.7
Heroin Lifetime 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 [1.2] [1.5] 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.6
Past Year 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9
Past Month 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Tranquilizers Lifetime 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.4 7.4 6.8 7.0 7.3 9.5 8.9 9.3 8.5
Past Year 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.8 5.3 4.6 5.0 5.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 5.6
Past Month 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 2.6 [1.9] 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.5
Alcohol Lifetime 38.9 38.9 [36.6] 35.8 61.7 [58.3] 59.1 58.2 72.2 71.9 72.3 71.0
Past Year 31.8 32.1 30.3 29.3 56.3 [52.5] 52.8 52.1 66.4 65.5 66.2 65.2
Past Month 15.9 15.9 14.9 13.8 33.4 [28.8] 30.4 28.9 44.4 43.1 43.5 [41.2]
Daily 0.6 0.7 [0.5] 0.5 1.4 [1.0] 1.1 1.1 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.7
Cigarettes (any use) Lifetime 22.1 20.5 20.1 20.0 34.6 [31.7] 32.7 33.0 46.2 44.7 43.6 42.2
Past Month 7.1 6.8 6.5 7.1 14.0 [12.3] 13.1 13.6 21.6 20.4 20.1 19.2
Daily 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.9 7.2 [5.9] 6.3 6.6 12.3 11.4 11.2 10.7
1/2-pack+/day 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.9 2.7 [2.0] 2.4 2.4 5.7 5.4 5.0 4.7
Smokeless Tobacco Lifetime 9.1 9.8 9.6 9.9 15.1 [12.2] [15.2] 16.8 15.1 15.6 16.3 17.6
Past Month 3.2 3.5 3.7 4.1 6.1 5.0 [6.5] 7.5 6.6 6.5 8.4 8.5
Daily 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.6 1.4 [1.9] 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.1
Steroids Lifetime 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0
Past Year 0.8 0.9 0.8 [0.5] 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5
Past Month 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1
MDMA Lifetime 2.3 2.4 2.2 [3.3] 5.2 4.3 5.5 6.4 6.5 6.2 6.5 7.3
Past Year 1.5 1.7 1.3 [2.4] 3.5 2.9 3.7 [4.7] 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.5
Past Month 0.6 0.8 0.6 [1.1] 1.2 1.1 1.3 [1.9] 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.4
Methamphetamine Lifetime 1.8 2.3 [1.6] 1.8 2.8 2.4 2.8 2.5 [3.0] 2.8 2.4 2.3
Past Year 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 [1.7] 1.2 1.2 1.0
Past Month 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4 [0.7] 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Vicodin Past Year 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.7 7.2 6.7 8.1 7.7 9.6 9.7 9.7 [8.0]
OxyContin Past Year 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.1 3.9 3.6 5.1 4.6 5.2 4.7 4.9 5.1
Cough Medicine (non-prescription) Past Year 4.0 3.6 3.8 3.2 5.4 5.3 6.0 5.1 5.8 5.5 5.9 6.6

* Data in brackets indicate statistically significant change from the previous year.

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