Annual prevalence of Ritalin use within grades 8, 10, and 12 in the U.S. 2001-2021

Published by
John Elflein,
Feb 11, 2022
This statistic shows the annual prevalence of use of Ritalin for grades 8, 10, and 12 combined, from 2001 to 2021. Around .5 percent of all respondents in grades 8, 10, and 12 in 2021 stated that they used Ritalin within that year. Ritalin is a drug typically used to treat hyperactivity. It is considered a stimulant and works on the central nervous system.

Annual prevalence of use of Ritalin for grades 8, 10, and 12 combined from 2001 to 2021

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Release date

January 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

2001 to 2021

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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