Teen First time Substance abuse Facts
Some recent research has produced some interesting statistics about teen substance abuse facts. Drug-rehab.org reports some interesting findings concerning teen’s first time abusing substances. The results are reported below.
Drug-rehabs.org indicates that, “According to the 2006 NSDUH, 10.6 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 drank alcohol for the first time in the past year, and 5.8 percent used an illicit drug10 for the first time. The 2006 NSDUH also indicates that on an average day during the past year, adolescents’ aged 12 to 17 used the following substances for the first time:
- 7,970 drank alcohol for the first time;
- 4,348 used an illicit drug for the first time;
- 4,082 smoked cigarettes for the first time;
- 3,577 used marijuana for the first time;
- 2,517 used pain relievers non-medically for the first time;
- 1,603 used inhalants for the first time;
- 1,281 used hallucinogens for the first time;
- 909 used cocaine for the first time;
- 860 used stimulants non-medically for the first time;
- 236 used methamphetamine for the first time; and
- 86 used heroin for the first time.”
These results concerning teen first time substance abuse are troubling. More research and education needs to be implemented to help decrease these numbers of teen first time substance abuse.