Alcohol & Drug Stats

2004 Monitoring the Future Study

Changes Since 2001 in Substance Use Among Grades 8, 10, and 12 Combined.

• Use of any illicit drug in the past 30 days (current use) among students declined, 19.4% to 16.1%.
• Use of any illicit drug for past year declined, 31.8% to 27.5%.
• Use of any illicit drug in lifetime declined, 41.0% to 36.4%.



• Marijuana use in past 30 days declined, 16.6% to 13.6%.
• Marijuana use for past year declined, 27.5% to 23.7%.
• Marijuana lifetime use declined, 35.3% to 31.3%.



• Amphetamine use in past 30 days declined, 4.7% to 3.6%.
• Amphetamine use for past year declined, 9.6% to 7.6%.
• Amphetamine lifetime use declined, 13.9% to 11.2%.



• Methamphetamine use in past 30 days declined, 1.4% to 1.1%.
• Methamphetamine use for past year declined, 3.4% to 2.6%.
• Methamphetamine lifetime use declined, 5.8% to 4.5%.



• Steroid use in past 30 days declined, xxx.
• Steroid use for past year declined, 3.4% to 2.6%.
• Steroid lifetime use declined, 3.2% to 2.3%.



• LSD use in past 30 days declined, 1.5% to 0.6%.
• LSD use for past year declined, 4.1% to 1.6%.
• LSD lifetime use declined, 6.6% to 3.0%.



• Ecstasy use in past 30 days declined, 2.3% to 0.9%.
• Ecstasy use for past year declined, 5.5% to 2.5%.
• Ecstasy lifetime use declined, 7.4 percent to 4.4 %.



• Alcohol use in past 30 days declined, 35.7% to 32.9%.
• Alcohol use for past year declined, 58.4% to 54.0%.
• Alcohol lifetime use declined, 65.7% to 60.5%.



• Cigarette use in past 30 days declined, 20.3% to 16.1%.
• Cigarette use for past year declined, xxx.
• Cigarette lifetime use declined, 49.1% to 39.5%.

Thoughts about the use of terms: "Thirty days use" usually indicates an addiction issue of importance. " Past year use" indicates that the drug is probably readily available. "Lifetime use" indicates a perception of risk or lack of perception of risk.

Alcohol and Marijuana self assessment surveys are available online at www.e-chug.com and www.e-toke.com

The CA Healthy Kids survey is available at http://www.wested.org/pub/docs/chks_samplereports.html. Look under 'State-Level..CSS Results in HKS Format'. An example from the site shows on Table A. 3.14 that 45% of 7th graders, 17% of 9th graders and 9% of 11th graders thought that their peers had never used marijuana. Real stats on Table A 3.2 shows that 92% of 7th graders, 77% of 9th graders and 61% of 11th graders had never used marijuana.

San Diego Association of Government - SAMY (Substance Abuse Monitoring for Youth) report—'CJ (Criminal Justice) Bulletin December 2004 - Drug Use and Other Risk Factors Among Juveniles Arrested in SD Co in 2003', 6 pgs by Cynthia Burke http://www.sandag.org.

The National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System report is available at http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/yrbs. Drunk and Drugged Driving info available.