Drug Report Out!
Drug use in America has impacted everyone at some point in their life. It may impact you through your family, friends, co-workers, employer or just your day to day life. Too many of us have been
touched by a life cut short by overdose, or a future cut down by substance
dependence. Unfortunately, drug use holds back too many Americans from living up
to their best selves and achieving their goals.
And it hits young people particularly hard.
As part of our focus on young people, every year we join the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social
Research to present findings from the “Monitoring the Future” (MTF)
study. This is the largest survey on youth drug use in America and reflects
research into drug use and attitudes about drugs among students in the
8th, 10th and 12th grades.
The young people represented in the study are making decisions that will
define their future—and the future health and safety of the next generation of
American leaders, innovators, and citizens. That is why this survey is so
important.
Although this year’s survey shows that there were no statistically
significant increases in use over last year, over a 6-year period (2007-2012),
we have seen some troubling increases in youth drug use: Read more
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