What are the statitics on teen drug abusers?

Answer 1

here are a couple of statistics reported for teen drug abuse as well as alcohol and other various substances.

* Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the nation. (14.6 million past month users).

2005 SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health * In 2005, 9.9% of youths ages 12-17 were current illicit drug users: 6.8% used marijuana, 3.3% used prescription drugs for nonmedicinal purposes, 1.2% used inhalants, 0.8% used hallucinogens, and 0.6% used cocaine.

2005 SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health * The percentage of past month marijuana users ages 12-17 who used marijuana 20 or more days in the past month declined from 28.1% in 2004 to 23.1% in 2005.

2005 SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health * The rate of current marijuana use among youths ages 12-17 declined from 7.6% in 2004 to 6.8% in 2005.

2005 SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health * Half of teens (50%) have tried an illicit drug by the time they finish high school.

2005 Monitoring the Future * Two fifths of 8th graders (41%) and almost three fourths of all 10th graders (73%) consider marijuana easily accessible; compare these figures with the percentage of 12th graders - 86%.

2005 Monitoring the Future * In 2005, 15.5% of youths ages 12-17 indicated that they had been approached by someone selling drugs in the past month. Youth who reported being approached by someone selling drugs were more likely to have used an illicit drug in their lifetime (61.3% vs. 21.5%), in the past year (51.2% vs. 14.1%) and in the past month (32.6% vs. 5.8%).

2005 SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health * Youths ages 12-17 who believed their parents would strongly disapprove of their using a particular substance were less likely to use that substance than were youths who believed their parents would somewhat disapprove or neither approve nor disapprove.

2005 SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health * Nationwide, 25.4% of students had been offered, sold, or given an illegal drug by someone on school property during the 12 months preceding the survey.

2005 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance * Sixty-two percent (62%) of the nation's high schoolers - some 10.6 million - and 28% of middle schoolers (2.4 million) will go to schools where drugs are used, kept, or sold.

2005 CASA National Survey * Twenty-three percent (23%) of teens know a friend or classmate who has used Ecstasy.

2005 CASA National Survey * Twenty-six percent (26%) of teens know a friend or classmate who has abused prescription drugs.

2005 CASA National Survey * Marijuana is reported by 23% of teens to be easier to buy than cigarettes or beer.

2005 CASA National Survey Also, a graph showing teenage use of harmful substances at link below.