It turns out the declines have not only lasted but have dropped further, astonishingly illustrating the evolving landscape of adolescent substance use.
The peri-pandemic wave of drug abstention was the largest ever to be recorded, even surprising researchers who anticipated a rebound after the pandemic.
In 2024, a whopping 67 percent of high school seniors abstained from drugs, alcohol, and nicotine, showing a significant upward trend in abstention rates.
Kids who were in eighth grade at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are now high school seniors, marking unprecedented low rates of substance use.
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