What Percentage of Teens Have Used Drugs?
Question by Natalie Meagan: What percentage of teens have used drugs?
I want a statistic, if possible, not just a guess. Also, a source, if you can find one.
Best answer:
Answer by Catherine B
You would be surprised that only about 5-10% of teens have used drugs.
Answer by Dan H
I enterd that question on Google and got 700,000 hits. I copied some of the citations and tried to post them. I gott a 999 message. Back to you, Natalie.
Here’s what “Search for questions” yielded. The first 5 of several thousand:
Illicit drug use down among teens, prescription drug use remains high
Illicit drug use down among teens, prescription drug use remains high … Mich.—-The percentage of U.S. adolescents who use illicit drugs or drink alcohol …www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=3065
Fewer teens use drugs Science World – Find Articles
Fewer teens use drugs from Science World in Reference & Education provided … PERCENTAGE OF TEENS REPORTING ANY ILLICIT DRUG USE IN PAST 30 DAYS 1997 2002 8th …findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1590/is_13_60/ai_n6006771
TEENS AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Though overall teen drug use is down nationwide. and the percentage of teens abusing prescription … use of prescription drugs and illicit drugs, to …www.theantidrug.com/pdfs/TEENS_AND_PRESCRIPTION_DRUGS.pdf
USATODAY.com – ‘Hands-on’ parents can keep kids off drugs
… ‘Hands-on’ parents can keep kids off drugs By Robert Davis, USA TODAY Parents who … And the percentage of teens who say they will never use drugs was 51% in …www.usatoday.com/life/2001-02-22-drugs.htm
Study: Teens getting high on legal drugs – CNN.com
Slightly fewer adolescents abused illegal drugs and alcohol in 2006, but fairly high numbers of them continued to abuse … in the percentage of teenagers …www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/21/drug.survey/index.html
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