Trends in Substance Use, Dependence or Abuse, and Treatment Among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007

December 4, 2008 Although there was little change in past month use of cigarettes, alcohol, and illicit drugs among adolescents between 2006 and 2007, the rates generally declined between 2002 and 2007 (cigarettes from 13.0 to 9.8 percent, alcohol from 17.6 to 15.9 percent, and illicit drugs from 11.6 to 9.5 percent) The decline in past month illicit drug use can be attributed primarily to a decline in marijuana use, with 8.2 percent of adolescents using marijuana in 2002 compared with 6.7 percent in 2007 Past year dependence on or abuse of . . .