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Teens Drinking Less, but Smoking Marijuana More: From a Press Conference Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Daily cigarette smoking and binge drinking among American teenagers declined over the past year, but the use of marijuana and the abuse of prescription drugs remain a problem, data from the 2011 Monitoring the Future survey have shown.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announced the survey findings at the press conference.
The survey found that daily cigarette use, which peaked in the mid- to late 1990s, continued to drop in the past year; 2.4% of 8th graders, 5.5% of 10th graders, and 10.3% of 12th graders reported daily smoking. However, the decline in smoking has slowed in recent years, the researchers said in a press release. "These levels remain too high given the significant morbidity and …
