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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Amphetamine Use
HS Senior Class Cohorts of 1995 through 2008



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Amphetamine Use Within Cohort -- High School Senior Classes of 1995 through 2008
Lifetime Past Year Past Month

Source: Monitoring the Future, 2009, Tables 5-5a, 5-5b and 5-5c, pp.202-13

Trends in Amphetamine Use Within HS Senior Cohorts -- Classes of 1995 through 2008
  Lifetime Past Year Past Month
Class of: 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade
1995 10.5 14.9 15.3 6.2 9.6 9.3 2.6 4.3 4.0
1996 10.8 15.1 15.3 6.5 10.2 9.5 3.3 4.5 4.1
1997 11.8 17.4 16.5 7.2 11.9 10.2 3.6 5.3 4.8
1998 12.3 17.7 16.4 7.9 12.4 10.1 3.6 5.5 4.6
1999 13.1 17.0 16.3 8.7 12.1 10.2 4.2 5.1 4.5
2000 13.5 16.0 15.6 9.1 10.7 10.5 4.6 5.1 5.0
2001 12.3 15.7 16.2 8.1 10.4 10.9 3.8 5.0 5.6
2002 11.3 15.7 16.8 7.2 11.1 11.1 3.3 5.4 5.5
2003 10.7 16.0 14.4 6.9 11.7 9.9 3.4 5.6 5.0
2004 9.9 14.9 15.0 6.5 10.7 10.0 3.4 5.2 4.6
2005 10.2 13.1 13.1 6.7 9.0 8.6 3.2 4.3 3.9
2006 8.7 11.9 12.4 5.5 8.5 8.1 2.8 4.0 3.7
2007 8.4 11.1 11.4 5.5 7.8 7.5 2.7 3.7 3.7
2008 7.5 11.2 10.5 4.9 7.9 6.8 2.3 3.5 2.9

Note: Data has been adjusted chronologically to reflect changes in drug use patterns within each senior class cohort. That is, the 10th grade and 8th grade data are taken from the corresponding 2 years and 4 years prior respectively to the year shown, for each cohort class.


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