| Estimated Prevalence of Past-Month Use of Various Drugs for Young People In Eighth Grade in the US 1998-2022 (Entries are Percentages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year: | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Any Illicit Drug | 12.1 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 5.9 | 6.5 |
| Marijuana/Hashish | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| Cocaine | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Crack | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Heroin | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Hallucinogens | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| MDMA | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Tranquilizers | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Amphetamines | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Methamphetamine | - | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Any Illicit Drug Other Than Marijuana | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Alcohol | 23.0 | 24.0 | 22.4 | 21.5 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 18.6 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 6.0 |
| Been Drunk | 8.4 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Cigarettes | 1.91 | 17.5 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Any Vaping | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Inhalants | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
'-" means data not available.
Source
Johnston, L. D., Miech, R. A., Patrick, M. E., O’Malley, P. M., Schulenberg, J. E., & Bachman, J. G. (2023). Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use 1975-2022: Overview, key findings on adolescent drug use. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
