Infographics featuring the latest statistics and trends on teen drug use in the United States. Image Monitoring the Future 2020 Survey Results The 2020 Monitoring the Future survey indicates that levels of nicotine and marijuana vaping did not increase from 2019 to early 2020, although they remain high. Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2019 The 2019 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows increases are among the largest in history of national study in college students and non-college peers. Image Monitoring the Future 2019 Survey Results: Overall Findings This infographic of the NIH’s 2019 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription drugs. Image Monitoring the Future 2019 Survey Results: Vaping This infographic of the NIH’s 2019 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for vaping. Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2018 The 2018 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows trends in the use of marijuana, alcohol, nicotine, and synthetic drugs in college students and non-college peers. Image Dramatic Increases in Maternal Opioid Use and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrom Use of opioids during pregnancy can result in a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns called neonatal abstinence syndrome or neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NAS/NOWS). Image Monitoring the Future 2018 Survey Results This infographic of the NIH’s 2018 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for vaping, marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription/OTC drugs. Image Drugged Driving Driving while under the influence of legal or illegal substances puts the driver, passengers, and others who share the road in danger. Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2017 The 2017 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows trends in the use of marijuana, alcohol, nicotine, and synthetic drugs in college students and non-college peers. Image Comorbidity: Substance Use and Other Mental Disorders This infographic summarizes data on the comorbidity between substance use and mental disorders and the rates at which people get treatment for these conditions. Image Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids Drug Overdose Deaths This infographic summarizes a study that finds that nearly half of opioid-related overdose deaths involve fentanyl. Image Cannabinoides sintéticos (K2/spice) - Un peligro impredecible Esta gráfica informativa muestra que los cannabinoides sintéticos, como la K2 o spice, no son drogas naturales y pueden tener efectos peligrosos para la salud. Image Monitoring the Future 2017 Survey Results This infographic of the NIH’s 2017 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, e-cigarettes (e-vaporizers), and prescription opioids. Image Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2/Spice) Unpredictable Danger This infographic shows that synthetic cannabinoids, like K2 or Spice, are not natural drugs and can lead to dangerous health effects. Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2016 The 2016 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows trends in the use of marijuana, alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs in college students and non-college peers. Image Monitoring the Future 2016 Survey Results This infographic of the NIH’s 2016 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and prescription opioids. Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2015 The 2015 Monitoring the Future College Students and Adults survey shows trends in the use of alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, cocaine, and other drugs in college students and non-college peers. Image El uso de sustancias en las mujeres y los hombres El tratamiento para el mal uso de los medicamentos asistentes para dormir y la cesación de la nicotina. Image Teens and E-cigarettes This infographic explores e-cigarette use among teens, including usage rates compared with cigarette use, potential for e-cig use to lead to smoking, and what teens say is in their e-cig, as well as avenues for teens’ exposure to e-cig advertising. Image Abuse of Prescription (Rx) Drugs Affects Young Adults Most Published: February 8, 2016 More young adults use prescription drugs nonmedically than any other age group. Image Substance Use in Women and Men This infographic shows differences in substance use trends between women and men for marijuana use disorder, abuse of prescription pain medicines, treatment admissions for sleeping aid misuse, and nicotine cessation. Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2014 The 2014 Monitoring the Future College Students and Adults survey shows trends in alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and stimulant use in college students and non-college peers. Image Conducir drogado Conducir drogado es conducir bajo el efecto de sustancias legales o ilegales. Image Drug and Alcohol Use - A Significant Risk Factor for HIV From 2005 to 2009, 1 in 3 persons with HIV was a current drug user or binged on alcohol. Image Teens Mix Prescription Opioids with Other Substances Teens who abuse Rx opioids often combine them with marijuana or alcohol. Image Synthetic Marijuana Lands Thousands of Young People in the ER, Especially Young… By gender, 14% of male and 8% of female high school seniors abused synthetic marijuana. Image Providers Defer HIV Treatment for Injection Drug Users (IDUs) Healthcare providers often put off antiretroviral therapy for HIV patients who inject drugs--even those with high levels of infection. A new study shows the surprising scope of this treatment disparity in North America. Image Prescription Drug Abuse: Young People at Risk Young people are abusing prescription drugs at alarming rates. These drugs act on the same brain systems as illegal drugs and pose similar risks for dangerous health consequences, including later addiction.
Image Monitoring the Future 2020 Survey Results The 2020 Monitoring the Future survey indicates that levels of nicotine and marijuana vaping did not increase from 2019 to early 2020, although they remain high.
Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2019 The 2019 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows increases are among the largest in history of national study in college students and non-college peers.
Image Monitoring the Future 2019 Survey Results: Overall Findings This infographic of the NIH’s 2019 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription drugs.
Image Monitoring the Future 2019 Survey Results: Vaping This infographic of the NIH’s 2019 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for vaping.
Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2018 The 2018 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows trends in the use of marijuana, alcohol, nicotine, and synthetic drugs in college students and non-college peers.
Image Dramatic Increases in Maternal Opioid Use and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrom Use of opioids during pregnancy can result in a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns called neonatal abstinence syndrome or neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NAS/NOWS).
Image Monitoring the Future 2018 Survey Results This infographic of the NIH’s 2018 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for vaping, marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription/OTC drugs.
Image Drugged Driving Driving while under the influence of legal or illegal substances puts the driver, passengers, and others who share the road in danger.
Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2017 The 2017 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows trends in the use of marijuana, alcohol, nicotine, and synthetic drugs in college students and non-college peers.
Image Comorbidity: Substance Use and Other Mental Disorders This infographic summarizes data on the comorbidity between substance use and mental disorders and the rates at which people get treatment for these conditions.
Image Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids Drug Overdose Deaths This infographic summarizes a study that finds that nearly half of opioid-related overdose deaths involve fentanyl.
Image Cannabinoides sintéticos (K2/spice) - Un peligro impredecible Esta gráfica informativa muestra que los cannabinoides sintéticos, como la K2 o spice, no son drogas naturales y pueden tener efectos peligrosos para la salud.
Image Monitoring the Future 2017 Survey Results This infographic of the NIH’s 2017 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, e-cigarettes (e-vaporizers), and prescription opioids.
Image Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2/Spice) Unpredictable Danger This infographic shows that synthetic cannabinoids, like K2 or Spice, are not natural drugs and can lead to dangerous health effects.
Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2016 The 2016 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows trends in the use of marijuana, alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs in college students and non-college peers.
Image Monitoring the Future 2016 Survey Results This infographic of the NIH’s 2016 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and prescription opioids.
Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2015 The 2015 Monitoring the Future College Students and Adults survey shows trends in the use of alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, cocaine, and other drugs in college students and non-college peers.
Image El uso de sustancias en las mujeres y los hombres El tratamiento para el mal uso de los medicamentos asistentes para dormir y la cesación de la nicotina.
Image Teens and E-cigarettes This infographic explores e-cigarette use among teens, including usage rates compared with cigarette use, potential for e-cig use to lead to smoking, and what teens say is in their e-cig, as well as avenues for teens’ exposure to e-cig advertising.
Image Abuse of Prescription (Rx) Drugs Affects Young Adults Most Published: February 8, 2016 More young adults use prescription drugs nonmedically than any other age group.
Image Substance Use in Women and Men This infographic shows differences in substance use trends between women and men for marijuana use disorder, abuse of prescription pain medicines, treatment admissions for sleeping aid misuse, and nicotine cessation.
Image Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age Adults in 2014 The 2014 Monitoring the Future College Students and Adults survey shows trends in alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and stimulant use in college students and non-college peers.
Image Drug and Alcohol Use - A Significant Risk Factor for HIV From 2005 to 2009, 1 in 3 persons with HIV was a current drug user or binged on alcohol.
Image Teens Mix Prescription Opioids with Other Substances Teens who abuse Rx opioids often combine them with marijuana or alcohol.
Image Synthetic Marijuana Lands Thousands of Young People in the ER, Especially Young… By gender, 14% of male and 8% of female high school seniors abused synthetic marijuana.
Image Providers Defer HIV Treatment for Injection Drug Users (IDUs) Healthcare providers often put off antiretroviral therapy for HIV patients who inject drugs--even those with high levels of infection. A new study shows the surprising scope of this treatment disparity in North America.
Image Prescription Drug Abuse: Young People at Risk Young people are abusing prescription drugs at alarming rates. These drugs act on the same brain systems as illegal drugs and pose similar risks for dangerous health consequences, including later addiction.
