2018 Data from In-School Surveys
      of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-Grade Students


      National Adolescent Drug Trends Press Release: Text & Tables

        Press Release (Text Only)

        National Adolescent Drug Trends in 2018 (Press Release, 12/17/2018)

        The suggested citation for use of data from this press release is as follows:

        Miech, R. A., Schulenberg, J. E., Johnston, L. D., Bachman, J. G., O'Malley, P. M., & Patrick, M. E. (December 17, 2018). "National Adolescent Drug Trends in 2018." Monitoring the Future: Ann Arbor, MI. Retrieved MM/DD/YYYY from http://www.monitoringthefuture.org

        Data Tables

        Trends in Use of Various Drugs - Tables 1–4

        • Table 1 - Trends in Lifetime Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs in Grades 8, 10, and 12

        • Table 2 - Trends in Annual Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs in Grades 8, 10, and 12

        • Table 3 - Trends in 30-Day Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs in Grades 8, 10, and 12

        • Table 4 - Trends in 30-Day Prevalence of Daily Use of Various Drugs in Grades 8, 10, and 12

        • Footnotes for Tables 1–4

        Trends in Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs for Three Grades Combined - Tables 5–8

        • Table 5 - Trends in Lifetime Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs for Grades 8, 10, and 12 Combined

        • Table 6 - Trends in Annual Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs for Grades 8, 10, and 12 Combined

        • Table 7 - Trends in 30-Day Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs for Grades 8, 10, and 12 Combined

        • Table 8 - Trends in Daily Prevalence of Use of Selected Drugs and Heavy Use of Alcohol and Tobacco for Grades, 8, 10, and 12 Combined

        Trends in Attitudes - Tables 9–14

        • Table 9 - Trends in Harmfulness of Drugs as Perceived by 8th Graders

        • Table 10 - Trends in Harmfulness of Drugs as Perceived by 10th Graders

        • Table 11 - Trends in Harmfulness of Drugs as Perceived by 12th Graders

        • Table 12 - Trends in Disapproval of Drug Use in Grade 8

        • Table 13 - Trends in Disapproval of Drug Use in Grade 10

        • Table 14 - Trends in Disapproval of Drug Use in Grade 12

        Trends in Availability - Tables 15–17

        • Table 15 - Trends in Availability of Drugs as Perceived by 8th Graders

        • Table 16 - Trends in Availability of Drugs as Perceived by 10th Graders

        • Table 17 - Trends in Availability of Drugs as Perceived by 12th Graders





        Publicly available Monitoring the Future microdata from the cross-sectional, in-school surveys may be obtained through the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP), a part of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

        NAHDAP/ICPSR
        The University of Michigan
        P.O. Box 1248
        Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248

        Note that these data sets have had all personal indentifiers removed, and other information that might be used to impute identities has been either altered or removed altogether to protect study respondents.



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