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COCAINE

ALCOHOL

PRESCRIPTIONS

POTBOOZE

OxyContincigarCigaretteS

VICODINCRACK

ECSTASYINHALANTS

CIGARETTES

SEDAHeroin

BATHSALTSRITALINSTEROIDS

BARBITAdderall

methamp

TRANQUCOLD ME

h o o k a h s K2/ Spice

marijuana

TEENDRUG USE

Monitoring the Future is an annual survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th-graders conducted by researchers at theUniversity 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. Eighth and 10th graders were added to the survey in 1991.

Overall, 45,449 students from 395 public andLAST TWO DECADES OF ALCOHOL, CIGARETTE, AND ILLICIT DRUG USE*

MARIJUANA USE AMONG 12TH GRADERS* VS. PERCEIVED RISK

*Past year use.

20.6%

36.4%

2012

25.8%

32.4%

200836.4% EQUATES TO

ABOUT 11 STUDENTS INTHE AVERAGE CLASS

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

1992

2012

1992

20121992

2012

*Past 30 day use.

41.5% OF 12TH GRADERS


11% OF 8TH GRADERS



4.9% OF 8TH GRADERS



7.7% OF 8TH GRADERS

Illicit drugsCigarettes Alcohol

A study released earlier this year showed that people who used marijuanaheavily in their teens and continued through adulthood showed a signicantdrop in IQ between the ages of 13 and 38an average of 8 points for thosewho met criteria for marijuana dependence.

THOSE WHO NEVER USED MARIJUANA SHOWED NO DECLINES IN I.Q.

LOSE

PRESCRI

U S E

PTION/ OVER-THE-COUNTER VS. ILLICIT DRUGS*

*The percentage of 12th graders who have used these drugs in the past year.

PRESCRIPTION ILLICIT DRUGS

After marijuana,prescription andover-the-counter

medicationsaccount for mostof the top drugsabused by 12thgraders in the

past year.

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WHAT AREBATH SALTS?

Bath salts are an emerging class of drugs containing one or moresynthetic stimulants, which people use to get high by swallowing, snorting,or injecting. Because these drugs are relatively new, much is still unknownabout how these substances affect the brain and body. They have been

linked to an alarming surge in visits to emergency departments and poisoncontrol centers due to cardiac and psychiatric symptoms.

Concerns about the use of bath salts prompted it1.3% of 12th-graders reported past y

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is a component of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services. NIDA supports most of the worlds research on the health aspects of drug abuse and

addiction. Fact sheets on the health effects of drugs of abuse and information on NIDA research and other activities

can be found at www.drugabuse.gov.

Adderall

Vicodi n

Cold MedicinesTranquilizers

OxyContin

Ritalin

Methaqualone/Quaaludes

Powder Cocaine

Crack

Methamphetamine

Heroin

Marijuana

2.7%

1.2%

1.1%

0.6%

7.6%

7.5%

5.6%5.3%

4.3%

2.6%

0.4%

36.4%

24.5%

34.8%

2010

USING PERCEPTION OF RISK(saw great risk in smoking marijuana occasionally)
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