Prevalence of Teen Use
|
Drug |
Time Period |
8th Graders |
10th Graders |
12th Graders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Marijuana/ Hashish |
Lifetime |
15.50 |
[31.10] |
* 44.70 |
|
Past Year |
11.80 |
25.40 |
34.90 |
|
|
Past Month |
6.50 |
14.80 |
21.30 |
|
|
Daily |
1.10 |
3.00 |
6.00 |
* - 45% of 12th graders report having smoked marijuana
In our state, the 2012 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey reported that approximately 19% of students in the 10th grade and 27% of students in the 12th reported current marijuana use, almost double the percentage who smoke cigarettes. Fewer students in grades 8, 10, and 12 perceive a great risk of harm in using marijuana regularly, and among 10th graders, that percentage dropped from 65% in 2000 to 46% in 2012. More than half of Washington’s 10th graders report it is easy for them to get marijuana. - See more at: http://learnaboutmarijuanawa.org/factsheets/adolescents.htm#sthash.wN7b5gpk.dpuf
In our state, the 2012 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey reported that approximately 19% of students in the 10th grade and 27% of students in the 12th reported current marijuana use, almost double the percentage who smoke cigarettes. Fewer students in grades 8, 10, and 12 perceive a great risk of harm in using marijuana regularly, and among 10th graders, that percentage dropped from 65% in 2000 to 46% in 2012. More than half of Washington’s 10th graders report it is easy for them to get marijuana. - See more at: http://learnaboutmarijuanawa.org/factsheets/adolescents.htm#sthash.wN7b5gpk.dpuf
Reproduced, no permission required: http://www.drugabuse.gov/trends-statistics/monitoring-future/monitoring-future-study-trends-in-prevalence-various-drugs Links to an external site.
Revised 9/21/2017