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U:: CA: study highlight <br />Oh(tl' 1w.nvii)inc.org/drttgnews/v98.nl 185.aOi.httnl/all <br />p Media Awareness Project <br />d <br />a. http 1/Www mwringnw/. <br />US CA: Study Highlights <br />Newshawk: General Pulaski <br />Pubdate: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 <br />Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) <br />Contact: _Letters@simercury.com <br />Website: http://www.simercury.com/ <br />Copyright: 1998 Mercury Center <br />Author: Associated Press <br />STUDY HIGHLIGHTS <br />The annual Monitoring the Future study has examined teen drug use and <br />attitudes since 1975. The anonymous survey was administered early this <br />year to nearly 50,000 teenagers in 422 randomly chosen classrooms by the <br />University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. <br />ANY DRUG: Nearly 30 percent of eighth -graders have tried an illegal <br />drug at least once. It was 45 percent for 10th -graders, 54 percent for high <br />school seniors. This was the first year the figure had dropped for the older <br />two groups and the second yearly drop among eighth -graders. <br />MARIJUANA: This most widely used drug was tried by 22 percent of <br />eighth -graders, 40 percent of 10th -graders and nearly half of <br />12th -graders. Use among eighth -graders dropped for a second year; use <br />among other teens dropped after several years on the rise. <br />STIMULANTS: Use has declined for two years among eighth -graders and <br />for one year among 10th -graders, and is level among 12th -graders. About <br />7 percent of eighth -graders used amphetamines in the past year. It was <br />11 percent of 10th -graders and 10 percent of 12th -graders. <br />HALLUCINOGENS: All grades showed declines, though they were not <br />statistically significant. <br />INHALANTS: Popular with younger teens, use began gradually declining <br />three years ago. <br />HEROIN: Stable use across all grades and increasingly viewed as risky. <br />loft <br />19/9916Q a.nz nnrt <br />