Real Teens Ask: What Types of Drugs are High School Students Using?
108 Comments Lots of teens have questions about drugs. That’s why each year, NIDA scientists spend a day chatting online with high school students and answering their questions.
At NIDA’s last Drug Facts Chat Day, ham223 asked this question:
“What types of drugs are most used by high school students?”
According to NIDA’s Monitoring the Future Survey—which looks at the different drugs that teens are using—alcohol is number one (yes, it’s a drug), followed by tobacco and marijuana, which are pretty equal. Turns out, though, that not many teens are using most illegal drugs. The survey shows that in 2008, fewer than 1 in 6 10th graders reported that they used any illegal drug in the past month. And the numbers are still going down.
DRUGS R SOOOO BADD!!! would u actually risk ur life for that [expletive deleted, per guidelines]?? NO! and its bad for ur health it makes ur skin so pale and ugly im sure ppl dont want to look ugly and it makes u look old SOOO DONT EVEN TRY!!
I agree with alot of the comments here but not ALL Drugs are harmful for you, alot are but not ALL, for example, Marijuana besides maybe the fact that your high when you smoke there really isnt any bad effects, the case of killing brain cells was researched and proven wrong that it doesnt and there has never been a death connected with Marijuana ever. EVER. Although there is damage being done to your lungs with long term marijuana smoking, its not anything close to what tobacco does and thats legal? Im just hear stating facts.
I Dont Understand How Weed Can Be A Drug When Cigarettes And Alcohol Are Sold Everyday to The Public And The Abuse Of Both Can Lead To Death.
@DRUGS ARE BAD Great poem! You captured so many important points in such an elegant way. Thanks for sharing.
@420reasonswhy “All” drugs are not bad, agreed, and the compounds in marijuana can be therapeutic if used in the right way. However, just because a drug is also a plant doesn’t make it harmless (opium, for example).
Actually, nothing has been proven either way. While imaging studies in people who smoke a lot show some consistent changes in brain function, the relation of these changes to brain functioning is not clear. Much more research is needed before anything is “proven.”
DRUGS ARE BAD FOR YOU! PERIOD.
I don’t understand why people think that marijuana is OK. People compare marijuana to Cigarettes And Alcohol like they are not bad. Cigarettes and alcohol are some of the top killers of our country. I think we need to make cigarettes and alcohol illegal if it will save livies.