Drug Abuse: National Survey Finds Less Than 5 Percent of Teens Abuse OTC Cough Medicine

National Survey Finds Less Than 5 Percent of Teens Abuse OTC Cough Medicine
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Consumer Healthcare Products Association President and CEO Scott Melville issued the following statement regarding the 2012 National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Monitoring the Future survey findings on teen abuse of over-the-counter cough medicine containing dextromethorphan .
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Drug Abuse Survey Adds Bath Salts
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(CNN) — A new survey finds marijuana continues to be the most popular illicit drug for many teens. The National Institute on Drug Abuse released its annual Monitoring the Future survey Wednesday. Researchers surveyed more than 45,000 eighth, 10th and 12th graders. More of them said they’d used marijuana in the past year than any … Continue reading »
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Regular marijuana use by teens continues to be a concern
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( NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse ) Continued high use of marijuana by the nation's eighth, 10th and 12th graders combined with a drop in perceptions of its potential harms was revealed in this year's Monitoring the Future survey, an annual survey of eighth, 10th, and 12th-graders conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan. The survey was carried out in classrooms around the …
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NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, MD on 2011 Monitoring the Future Results

Since 1975 the MTF survey has measured drug, alcohol, and cigarette use and related attitudes among adolescent students nationwide. Survey participants report their drug use behaviors across three time periods: lifetime, past year, and past month. Overall, 46733 students from 400 public and private schools in the 8th, 10th, and 12th grades participated in this year’s survey. The survey is funded by the NIDA, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and conducted by the University of Michigan. This video can also be viewed at: www.drugabuse.gov Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: newmedia.hhs.gov