Most US teens are abstaining from drinking, smoking and marijuana, survey says

Teen drug use hasn’t rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results from a large annual national survey. About two-thirds of 12th graders this year said they hadn’t used alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days. That’s the largest proportion abstaining since the annual survey started measuring abstinence in 2017. Most young people don’t want to end up addicted to nicotine, alcohol, or other drugs. We must continue our work to make sure we reach ALL young people. To read the full article, click here.