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| Any past illicit drug use, 12th grade | Teenagers’ use of illicit drugs other than marijuana is at its lowest level in the past two decades, according to the annual Monitoring the Future survey. Still, the survey revealed a slight uptick in the use of marijuana among teens in the past year. (Sources: 1, 2) | 48.3 percent (2016) | 48.9 percent (2017) |
| Ever been drunk, 12th grade | The share of 12th-graders who have been drunk has declined every year since 2012 and is down by nearly 9 points from that year. In addition, the figure is way down from levels in the early 1990s. In 1991, 65.4 percent of 12th-graders said they had ever been drunk. Today, the figure is 20 percentage points lower. (Sources: 1, 2) | 46.3 percent (2016) | 45.3 percent (2017) |
| Any cigarette use, 12th grade | Cigarette smoking fell in 2017 to the lowest level in the history of the Monitoring the Future survey. It was a continuation of a multiyear decline in youth smoking from a 1997 peak of 24.6 percent of 12th-graders. (Sources: 1, 2) | 28.3 percent (2016) | 26.6 percent (2017) |