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Surprise: Adolescent Substance Abuse Plunged During the Pandemic

  • December 15, 2021

An annual nationwide survey indicates that adolescents in grades 8, 10 and 12 decreased their use of drugs, alcohol and nicotine during the pandemic. While substance use in this demographic has declined through the years, this is the largest one-year decrease overall since 1975 when the survey began. “In perhaps the most surprising finding, cannabis use by eighth and tenth graders fell almost 40 percent,” journalist Alex Berenson reported. “Only 17 percent of tenth graders...