Lifetime prevalence of drug use within grades 8, 10 and 12 in the U.S. 1991-2020

Published by John Elflein, Feb 3, 2021

This survey shows the lifetime prevalence of use of any illicit drug for grades 8, 10 and 12 combined from 1991 to 2020. Around 34.7 percent of all respondents in grades 8,10 and 12 in 2020 stated that they used any illicit drug within their lifetime.

Lifetime prevalence of use of any illicit drug for grades 8, 10 and 12 combined from 1991 to 2020

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
2020	34.7%
2019	34.8%
2018	33.9%
2017	33.4%
2016	32.6%
2015	34.3%
2014	34.9%
2013	36%
2012	34.1%
2011	34.7%
2010	34.4%
2009	33.2%
2008	32.6%
2007	32.7%
2006	34%
2005	35.7%
2004	36.4%
2003	37.5%
2002	39.5%
2001	40.9%
2000	41%
1999	41.9%
1998	42.3%
1997	43.3%
1996	42.2%
1995	38.9%
1994	35.7%
1993	32.1%
1992	29.8%
1991	30.4%

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Release date

December 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1991 to 2020

Special properties

8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students

Supplementary notes

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of approximately 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed (12th graders since 1975, and 8th and 10th graders since 1991).

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