Trends of Illicit Drug Use Among Teens

The self-reported use of illicit drugs other than marijuana in the past year among twelfth graders declined from 34 percent in 1981 to 15 percent in 1992. It then increased during the 1990s, peaking at 22 percent in 2001, before decreasing slowly to 2009 and remaining relatively steady at around 17 percent. The decline resumed in 2013 and continued through 2017