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Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2017 Jul 17;59(6):618–627. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12783

Table 1.

Rates (%) of current (30-day) substance use among adolescents in the United States, by substance and grade level (Johnston et al., 2017).

	8^th Grade	10^th Grade	12^th Grade
Alcohol (any)	7.3	19.9	33.2
Alcohol (been drunk)	1.8	9.0	20.4
Marijuana	5.4	14.0	22.5
E-cigarettes	6.2	11.0	12.5
Cigarettes	2.6	4.9	10.5
Smokeless Tobacco	2.5	3.5	6.6
Inhalants	1.8	1.0	0.8
Hallucinogens	0.6	0.9	1.4
Ecstasy (MDMA)	0.3	0.5	0.9
Cocaine	0.3	0.4	0.9
Heroin	0.2	0.2	0.2
Narcotics other than Heroin	NR	NR	1.7
Amphetamines	1.7	2.7	3.0
Methamphetamine	0.3	0.2	0.3
Tranquilizers	0.8	1.5	1.9
Any Prescription Drug	NR	NR	5.4

NR=Not Reported