SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

New Highs and Lows for Young Adult Drug Use

 

By IDSE News Staff

Although alcohol, opioid, amphetamine and tobacco use is losing favor with college-age adults, marijuana and hallucinogens appear to be the drugs of choice, according to a new report by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). 

Marijuana use rose among college students over the past five years and remained at historically high levels among same-aged peers who were not in college in 2020, according to survey results from the 2020 Monitoring the Future(MTF) panel