12th Grade Thinking: How Risky Is Drug Use?
by Jacob Jedamus-Denu on Jun 5, 2014 | Views: 230 | Score: 4
| 12th Graders who think people are at great risk if using marijuana regularly | Cocaine | LSD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 43.3 | 73.1 | 81.4 |
| 1980 | 50.4 | 69.2 | 83 |
| 1985 | 70.4 | 79 | 82.9 |
| 1990 | 77.8 | 91.1 | 84.5 |
| 1995 | 60.8 | 87.9 | 78.1 |
| 2000 | 58.3 | 86.2 | 75.9 |
| 2005 | 58 | 82.2 | 69.9 |
| 2010 | 46.8 | 81.7 | 65.3 |
| 2013 | 39.5 | 83.3 | 66.8 |
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Compared to 1975, more 12th graders now think it is risky to regularly use cocaine and less think it is risky to regularly use LSD. Marijuana, however, has a strange trend over time in the minds of 12th graders. From 1975-1990, risk jumped nearly 35%, and has since plummeted almost 40%.