Researchers have reported that teenagers are stopping drug use.
In the latest annual report on youth drug use, conducted for over fifty years by the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, experts discussed a trend towards a "historically significant decline" in drug consumption.
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Research group leader Richard Mih stated that he was surprised by the results. He believed that the level of drug use among teenagers would at least partially recover after a significant decline at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, but this did not happen. The reduction in drug use not only persisted but also intensified.
In 2024, researchers examined data from 24,000 high school students from more than 270 public and private schools.
According to the researchers, the percentage of students abstaining from drug use (including marijuana), alcohol, and smoking in 2024 was 67% in 12th grade (compared to 53% in 2017), 80% in 10th grade (compared to 69% in 2017), and 90% in 8th grade (compared to 87% in 2017).