SUBSTANCE USE

5 indicators · 1850–2025 · every value from its primary publisher

┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

Adult Smoking Ratepercent of adults, current cigarette smokers (crude) · 2000–2024 · CDC National Health Interview Survey

9.9%2024

−13 pts since 2000
23.3% then

Marijuana Use, Past Yearpercent of people 12+ who used marijuana in the past year · 2002–2025 · SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health

21.2%2025

+10 pts since 2002
11% then

Teen Marijuana Usepercent of 12th graders using marijuana in the past 30 days · 1980–2024 · Monitoring the Future (University of Michigan), via CDC/NCHS Data Query System

16.2%2024

−18 pts since 1980
33.7% then

Alcohol Consumption per Capitagallons of pure ethanol per person aged 14+, per year · 1976–2023 · NIAAA Surveillance Report #122, Table 1

2.48 gal2023

−7% since 1976
2.66 gal then

Teen Binge Drinkingpercent of 12th graders using — five or more drinks in a row — in the past 30 days · 1980–2024 · Monitoring the Future (University of Michigan), via CDC/NCHS Data Query System

8.8%2024

−32 pts since 1980
41.2% then

Data

Complete year-by-year values, raw numbers in the unit in each column header. Machine-readable: stats.json · stats.csv.

Year	Adult Smoking Ratepercent of adults, current cigarette smokers (crude) · 2000–2024	Marijuana Use, Past Yearpercent of people 12+ who used marijuana in the past year · 2002–2025	Teen Marijuana Usepercent of 12th graders using marijuana in the past 30 days · 1980–2024	Alcohol Consumption per Capitagallons of pure ethanol per person aged 14+, per year · 1850–2023	Teen Binge Drinkingpercent of 12th graders using — five or more drinks in a row — in the past 30 days · 1980–2024
1850				2.1
1860				2.53
1870				2.07
1934				0.97
1935				1.2
1936				1.5
1937				1.59
1938				1.47
1939				1.51
1940				1.56
1941				1.7
1942				1.97
1943				1.83
1944				2.07
1945				2.25
1946				2.3
1947				2.03
1948				1.97
1949				1.98
1950				2.04
1951				2.01
1952				1.98
1953				2.01
1954				1.96
1955				2
1956				2.03
1957				1.99
1958				1.98
1959				2.06
1960				2.07
1961				2.06
1962				2.11
1963				2.15
1964				2.23
1965				2.27
1966				2.32
1967				2.37
1968				2.45
1969				2.51
1970				2.52
1971				2.58
1972				2.54
1973				2.6
1974				2.65
1975				2.67
1976				2.66
1977				2.6
1978				2.66
1979				2.7
1980			33.7	2.75	41.2
1981			31.6	2.76	41.4
1982			28.5	2.72	40.5
1983			27	2.69	40.8
1984			25.2	2.65	38.7
1985			25.7	2.62	36.7
1986			23.4	2.58	36.8
1987			21	2.55	37.5
1988			18	2.49	34.7
1989			16.7	2.43	33
1990			14	2.45	32.2
1991			13.8	2.3	29.8
1992			11.9	2.3	27.9
1993			15.5	2.23	27.5
1994			19	2.18	28.2
1995			21.2	2.15	29.8
1996			21.9	2.16	30.2
1997			23.7	2.15	31.3
1998			22.8	2.15	31.5
1999			23.1	2.17	30.8
2000	23.3		21.6	2.19	30
2001	22.8		22.4	2.18	29.7
2002	22.5	11	21.5	2.2	28.6
2003	21.6	10.6	21.2	2.22	27.9
2004	20.9	10.6	19.9	2.23	29.2
2005	20.9	10.4	19.8	2.25	27.1
2006	20.8	10.3	18.3	2.28	25.4
2007	19.8	10.1	18.8	2.31	25.9
2008	20.6	10.4	19.4	2.31	24.6
2009	20.6	11.4	20.6	2.29	25.2
2010	19.3	11.6	21.4	2.26	23.2
2011	19	11.5	22.6	2.29	21.6
2012	18.1	12.1	22.9	2.34	23.7
2013	17.8	12.6	22.7	2.33	22.1
2014	16.8	13.2	21.2	2.32	19.4
2015	15.1	13.5	21.3	2.33	17.2
2016	15.5	13.9	22.5	2.35	15.5
2017	14	15	22.9	2.35	16.6
2018	13.7	15.9	22.2	2.36	13.8
2019	14	17.5	22.3	2.38	14.4
2020	12.5		21.1	2.44	16.8
2021	11.5	19	19.5	2.54	11.8
2022	11.6	22	20.2	2.51	12.6
2023	10.8	21.8	18.4	2.48	10.2
2024	9.9	22.3	16.2		8.8
2025		21.2

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