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Monitoring the Future Study: Trends in Prevalence of Various Drugs
Drug | Time Period | 8th-Graders | 10th-Graders | 12th-Graders | |||||||||
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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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