This statistic shows the 30-day prevalence of use of any illicit drug for grades 8, 10, and 12 combined from 1991 to 2021. Some 12.2 percent of all respondents in grades 8, 10, and 12 in 2021 stated that they used any illicit drug within 30 days.
30-day prevalence of use of any illicit drug for grades 8, 10, and 12 combined from 1991 to 2021
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
2021
12.2%
2020
16.2%
2019
17.2%
2018
16.3%
2017
16.1%
2016
15.5%
2015
15.9%
2014
16.5%
2013
17.3%
2012
16.8%
2011
17%
2010
16.7%
2009
15.8%
2008
14.6%
2007
14.8%
2006
14.9%
2005
15.8%
2004
16.2%
2003
17.3%
2002
18.2%
2001
19.4%
2000
19.2%
1999
19.5%
1998
19.5%
1997
20.5%
1996
20.6%
1995
18.6%
1994
16.8%
1993
13.3%
1992
10.5%
1991
10.9%
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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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NIH, & NIDA. (January 1, 2022). 30-day prevalence of use of any illicit drug for grades 8, 10, and 12 combined from 1991 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 04, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/209025/us-30-day-prevalence-of-drug-use-in-grades-8-10-12-since-1991/
NIH, und NIDA. "30-day prevalence of use of any illicit drug for grades 8, 10, and 12 combined from 1991 to 2021." Chart. January 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 04, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/209025/us-30-day-prevalence-of-drug-use-in-grades-8-10-12-since-1991/
NIH, NIDA. (2022). 30-day prevalence of use of any illicit drug for grades 8, 10, and 12 combined from 1991 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/209025/us-30-day-prevalence-of-drug-use-in-grades-8-10-12-since-1991/
NIH, and NIDA. "30-day Prevalence of Use of Any Illicit Drug for Grades 8, 10, and 12 Combined from 1991 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/209025/us-30-day-prevalence-of-drug-use-in-grades-8-10-12-since-1991/
NIH & NIDA, 30-day prevalence of use of any illicit drug for grades 8, 10, and 12 combined from 1991 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/209025/us-30-day-prevalence-of-drug-use-in-grades-8-10-12-since-1991/ (last visited July 04, 2022)
