Survey Indicates Teen Drug Use Continues To Decline
December 20, 2007
Findings from this year's Monitoring the Future survey have been released by President George W. Bush. According to the survey, conducted by the University of Michigan for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders are continuing to show a gradual decline in use of illicit drugs.
"The cumulative declines since recent peak levels of drug involvement in the mid-1990s are quite substantial, particularly among the youngest students," said University of Michigan research scientist Lloyd Johnston, the study's principal investigator.
In his remarks at the White House event releasing the study, President Bush commended the men and women who have enlisted in the nation's fight against illegal drugs for "fulfilling the highest calling of citizenship [by] giving your fellow Americans the chance for a better life."
Resources:
For further information about the survey's findings, visit http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/07drugpr.pdf.
For the full text of the President's remarks, see http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071211-4.html.
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