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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Past Month Use of Any Illicit Drug
HS Senior Class Cohorts of 1995 through 2008


Overview of MTF data 8th Grade Drug Use Trends 10th Grade Drug Use Trends 12th Grade Drug Use Trends

Source: Monitoring the Future, 2009, Table 5-5c, pp.210-13

Past Month Use of Any Illicit Drug Within HS Senior Cohorts -- Classes of 1995 through 2008
Class of: 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade
1995 5.7 14.0 23.8
1996 6.8 18.5 24.6
1997 8.4 20.2 26.2
1998 10.9 23.2 25.6
1999 12.4 23.0 25.9
2000 14.6 21.5 24.9
2001 12.9 22.1 25.7
2002 12.1 22.5 25.4
2003 12.2 22.7 24.1
2004 11.9 20.8 23.4
2005 11.7 19.5 23.1
2006 10.4 18.3 21.5
2007 9.7 17.3 21.9
2008 8.4 16.8 22.3

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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