Adolescent Drug Use Continues to Rise

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Adolescent Drug Use Continues to Rise

New York Times (12/20/96) P. B12
Wren, Christopher S.

Abstract: A new survey has found that drug use continued to increase among adolescents this year, raising concerns about the efficacy of drug prevention programs. Marijuana was the most prevalent of the drugs used, accounting for 90 percent, but alcohol was found to be much more widely used than illegal drugs. Lloyd D. Johnston, who led the annual survey at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, said the results show that "we're clearly moving in the wrong direction and continuing to do so." The level of marijuana use has not reached the level of 1978, when 11 percent of high school seniors said they used it daily. The recent survey found that 5 percent use the substance every day.

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