Alcohol and Other Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among High School Students
Based on data from the 2009-2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey:
- 30% reported current use of alcohol or marijuana or prescription opioid misuse
- Current alcohol use - 22.7%
- Current marijuana use - 15.8%
- Current binge drinking - 10.5%
- Current prescription opioid misuse - 6%
- Lifetime alcohol use - 47.4%
- Lifetime marijuana use - 27.8%
- Lifetime prescription opioid misuse - 12.2%
- Lifetime inhalant use - 8.1%
- Lifetime synthetic marijuana use - 6.5%
- Lifetime ecstasy use - 2.9%
- Lifetime cocaine use - 2.5%
- Lifetime methamphetamine use - 1.8%
- Lifetime injection drug use - 1.4%
- Lifetime heroin use - 1.3%
Hoots, B.E., et al. (2023). Alcohol and Other Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Supplemental, 72(1): 84-92. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/su/su7201a10.htm?s_cid=su7201a10_w