Good news, bad news about U.S. teens & substance use
While opioid overdose rates remain high among adults, American teens are misusing opioid pain medications less than they did a decade ago. That’s the good news from the 2017 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey of eighth, 10th and 12th graders in schools nationwide. The bad news? More kids are “vaping” – and they’re not really sure what’s in that mist that they’re inhaling.
The MTF is based on research conducted annually by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - part of the National Institutes of Health - along with scientists from the University of Michigan.