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Monitoring the Future: National Results on Drug Use, 1975 - 2010: Volume One: Secondary School Students: 2010

773 pages. May 2011. Monitoring the Future (MTF): A Continuing Study of American Youth. Monitoring the Future project at the Institute for Social Research, the University of Michigan. Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a long-term study of American adolescents, college students, and adults through age 50. It has been conducted annually by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research since its inception in 1975 . The 2010 MTF survey encompassed about 46,500 eighth-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students in almost 400 secondary schools nationwide. The first published results are presented in this report. Recent trends in the use of licit and illicit drugs are emphasized, as well as trends in the levels of perceived risk and personal disapproval associated with each drug. This study has shown these beliefs and attitudes to be particularly important in explaining trends in use. In addition, trends in the perceived availability of each drug are presented. Specific results by drug: Any illicit drug; marijuana; inhalants; LSD; cocaine; crack; amphetamines; methamphetamine and crystal methamphetamine (Ice); heroin; other narcotics (including OxyContin and Vicodin); tranquilizers; sedati

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