American teens are trying alcohol, certain drugs, and other substances less than they did a decade ago. However, there have been noted differences between girls' and boys' behaviors.
Teenagers in the U.S. are trying alcohol, certain drugs, and other substances less than they did a decade ago, according to government data. But among those who do, girls appear to be partaking more than boys. to high school students to track behaviors. The most recent results showed that teen substance abuse – which includes alcohol, marijuana, vaping, illicit drugs and the misuse of opioids – has been declining for decades. according to a report from USAFactsIn 2021, 22.
In 2015, the CDC started tracking teen vaping trends and found that rates were highest in 2019, with 50.1% of teens trying vaping , according to USAFacts. In 2001, 25.1% of girls and 28% of boys ever tried them. Those percentages dropped by 2009, with female and male students at 18.5% and 18.6%, respectively. By 2019, the numbers had dropped again to 12.4% of girls and 13.2% of boys, but it rose slightly for girls by the 2021 survey while continuing to drop for boys , USAFacts noted in the report.
But when broken down between girls and boys, 14.8% of girls said they had misused prescriptions in 2021, compared to 9.5% of boys. In 2017, the numbers were 14.4% for girls and 13.4% for boys, according to the CDC data.What's driving the worsening mental health in teens?
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