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Monitoring the Future 2019 –
(NIH) National Institute of Health
Monitoring the Future is an annual survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders conducted by researchers at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, under a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Since 1975, the survey has measured how teens report their drug, alcohol, and cigarette use and related attitudes in 12th graders nationwide; 8th and 10th graders were added to the survey in 1991.
42,531 students from 396 public and private schools participated in the 2019 survey.
A lot of us have an idea in our heads about what a person addicted to drugs looks like.
But the truth is, anyone can become addicted to drugs.
Addiction is when you feel a strong urge to keep taking a drug, even if it is causing harm. To stop, ask for help. Drug addiction doesn’t depend on your income, your job, your age, race or color.
Addiction is a disease of the brain—and it can happen to anyone.
Ever hear someone with a drug problem talk about quitting? And then they try to quit on their own, with no help. They tell their friends they’ve given up drugs forever.
It usually doesn’t work. Eventually, they slip and start using again.
Why are drugs so hard to quit? Because addiction is a brain disease.