Rates of Teen Use
Teen substance use is not inevitable. A growing number of U.S. teens are choosing not to use alcohol or other drugs.
Although misperceptions that vaping (nicotine and marijuana/THC) is “safe and healthy” have resulted in increased use by teens, an analysis of data from the 2018 Monitoring the Future Survey showed that, overall, more U.S. teens didn’t use alcohol, tobacco, marijuana or other drugs than in prior decades. A driving factor has been the decline in smoking among U.S. teens; showing that prevention and intervention efforts can, and do, work.
Source: Adapted from Trends in Substance Nonuse by High School Seniors: 1975–201810