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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Past Year 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 5-5b, pp.206-9

Past Year Use of Any Illicit Drug Within HS Senior Cohorts -- Classes of 1995 through 2008
Class of: 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade
1995 11.3 24.7 39.0
1996 12.9 30.0 40.2
1997 15.1 33.3 42.4
1998 18.5 37.5 41.4
1999 21.4 38.5 42.1
2000 23.6 35.0 40.9
2001 22.1 35.9 41.4
2002 21.0 36.4 41.0
2003 20.5 37.2 39.3
2004 19.5 34.8 38.8
2005 19.5 32.0 38.4
2006 17.7 31.1 36.5
2007 16.1 29.8 35.9
2008 15.2 28.7 36.6

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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