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Article: Drug use among U.S. teens continues to decline.(Brief article)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Employee Assistance
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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Illicit drug use among American youth declined again in 2008, continuing a seven-year trend that has seen drug use by teenagers decrease by 25 percent since 2001.
Data from the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future Study
(MTF), which surveys 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students across the United States, show that approximately 900,000 fewer young people are using drugs today compared to 2001. Declines in teenage use of specific drugs over the seven-year period include the following:
* Ecstasy: 50 percent reduction;
* Marijuana: 25 percent reduction;
* Methamphetamines: 50 percent reduction; and
* Steroids: 33 ...