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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 2016 2005 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 2016 2005 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 USE DRUG MONITORING THE FUTURE 2016 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade 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 SURVEY Across 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% 11.0% 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 2016 2005 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%

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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%