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Teen Drug Use - Online Term Paper

Teen Drug Use

According to the 21st annual Monitoring the Future study, conducted by the
University of Michigan Survey Research Center and funded by the National
Institute on Drug Abuse, cigarette smoking among high school seniors rose for
the third straight year in 1995. Since 1992, the smoking rate has risen by more
than one-fifth among seniors, with one in three (34 percent) now saying they
smoked in the 30 days prior to the survey.

Use of marijuana among seniors has also increased since 1992, reversing a 14-
year trend. Among 1995 seniors, 21.2 percent said they had used marijuana in
the last 30 days, compared with the low of 11.9 percent in 1992. During the
same period, students' perceptions of ...

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from a high of 62.4 percent in 1992.

24.8 percent perceived igreat riski in having one or two alcoholic drinks nearly
every day, down from a high of 32.7 percent in 1991.

65.6 percent perceived igreat riski in smoking one or more packs of cigarettes
per day, down from high of 69.4 percent in 1990. ...

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Added: 9/8/2005 02:59:06 AM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 230
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