16.2%
2024 (latest)
TEEN MARIJUANA USE
percent of 12th graders using marijuana in the past 30 days · 1980–2024 · lower is better · Monitoring the Future (University of Michigan), via CDC/NCHS Data Query System
33.7%
1980
33.7%
high · 1980
11.9%
low · 1992
−18 pts
since 1980
┊ dashed lines mark 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Monitoring the Future's annual national school survey of 12th graders (roughly 12,000–15,000 students), past-30-day prevalence, crude percent, as republished by NCHS in Health, United States. MTF itself began in 1975; the NCHS mirror starts in 1980. The 2020 survey was cut short by COVID (smaller sample); MTF reports no series break.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://data.cdc.gov/d/mtgp-t7vw
- https://monitoringthefuture.org/
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Societal-Health
Data
| Year | Teen Marijuana Use | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.2% | −2.2 pts |
| 2023 | 18.4% | −1.8 pts |
| 2022 | 20.2% | +0.7 pts |
| 2021 | 19.5% | −1.6 pts |
| 2020 | 21.1% | −1.2 pts |
| 2019 | 22.3% | +0.1 pts |
| 2018 | 22.2% | −0.7 pts |
| 2017 | 22.9% | +0.4 pts |
| 2016 | 22.5% | +1.2 pts |
| 2015 | 21.3% | +0.1 pts |
| 2014 | 21.2% | −1.5 pts |
| 2013 | 22.7% | −0.2 pts |
| 2012 | 22.9% | +0.3 pts |
| 2011 | 22.6% | +1.2 pts |
| 2010 | 21.4% | +0.8 pts |
| 2009 | 20.6% | +1.2 pts |
| 2008 | 19.4% | +0.6 pts |
| 2007 | 18.8% | +0.5 pts |
| 2006 | 18.3% | −1.5 pts |
| 2005 | 19.8% | −0.1 pts |
| 2004 | 19.9% | −1.3 pts |
| 2003 | 21.2% | −0.3 pts |
| 2002 | 21.5% | −0.9 pts |
| 2001 | 22.4% | +0.8 pts |
| 2000 | 21.6% | −1.5 pts |
| 1999 | 23.1% | +0.3 pts |
| 1998 | 22.8% | −0.9 pts |
| 1997 | 23.7% | +1.8 pts |
| 1996 | 21.9% | +0.7 pts |
| 1995 | 21.2% | +2.2 pts |
| 1994 | 19% | +3.5 pts |
| 1993 | 15.5% | +3.6 pts |
| 1992 | 11.9% | −1.9 pts |
| 1991 | 13.8% | −0.2 pts |
| 1990 | 14% | −2.7 pts |
| 1989 | 16.7% | −1.3 pts |
| 1988 | 18% | −3.0 pts |
| 1987 | 21% | −2.4 pts |
| 1986 | 23.4% | −2.3 pts |
| 1985 | 25.7% | +0.5 pts |
| 1984 | 25.2% | −1.8 pts |
| 1983 | 27% | −1.5 pts |
| 1982 | 28.5% | −3.1 pts |
| 1981 | 31.6% | −2.1 pts |
| 1980 | 33.7% | — |
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