2011 Overview of Key Findings is now available. This report presents a summary of the national results on adolescent drug use, with a particular emphasis on recent trends in the use of licit and illicit drugs. The full text (PDF, 1,683K) of this volume is available.

2011 Press Release "Marijuana use continues to rise among U.S. teens, while alcohol use hits historic lows." See the text and associated tables and figures.

2011 Press Release "Decline in teen smoking resumes in 2011." See the text and associated tables and figures.

Volume I is a 744-page monograph giving the 1975-2010 national trends in smoking, drinking, and illicit drug use among American secondary school students. It provides a much more in-depth treatment than the Overview of Key Findings, covering subgroup differences, attitudes and beliefs about use, etc. You may download the complete volume (PDF, 6,677K) or see the suggested citation.

Volume II is a 312-page monograph covering many of the same subjects as Volume I for college students and adults through age 50, including 31-year trends among American college students (1980 through 2010). You may download the complete volume (PDF, 2,758K) or see the suggested citation.

Occasional Paper 74 supplements Volume I with figures that graphically display the cross-time trends for the various demographic subgroups. This paper (PDF, 3,535K) is available only online. See the suggested citation.

2008 HIV/AIDS: Risk & Protective Behaviors among American Young Adults, 2004-2008 is now available. This report focuses on a range of behaviors of young adult high school graduates ages 21–30 in the general population related to the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) responsible for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The full text (PDF, 729K) of this volume is available.

The Education-Drug Use Connection is now available. This book focuses on the fact that adolescents who do well in school are less likely to smoke, drink, or do drugs. It addresses the question: Which comes first -- drug use or school failure? See a description of the book or the related press release.

Monitoring the Future 12th-grade descriptive results for nearly 2,000 items are now available in annual reference volumes for 1975 through 2010: Monitoring the Future: Questionnaire Responses From the Nation's High School Seniors.