As of 2021, around 36.5 percent of senior year high school students in the U.S. agreed or strongly agreed that they used more drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic than before it started. This statistic illustrates the percentage of U.S. high school students who agreed or strongly agreed that they used more drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic as of 2021, by school grade.
Percentage of U.S. high school students who used more drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic as of 2021, by school grade
Original question: Do you agree or disagree that you used drugs more during the COVID-19 pandemic than before it started? (Count using marijuana, synthetic marijuana, cocaine, prescription pain medicine without a doctor’s prescription, and other illegal drugs.)
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CDC. (April 1, 2022). Percentage of U.S. high school students who used more drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic as of 2021, by school grade [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322552/drug-consumption-us-high-school-students-during-covid-pandemic-by-grade/
CDC. "Percentage of U.S. high school students who used more drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic as of 2021, by school grade." Chart. April 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322552/drug-consumption-us-high-school-students-during-covid-pandemic-by-grade/
CDC. (2022). Percentage of U.S. high school students who used more drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic as of 2021, by school grade. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322552/drug-consumption-us-high-school-students-during-covid-pandemic-by-grade/
CDC. "Percentage of U.S. High School Students Who Used More Drugs during The Covid-19 Pandemic as of 2021, by School Grade." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322552/drug-consumption-us-high-school-students-during-covid-pandemic-by-grade/
CDC, Percentage of U.S. high school students who used more drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic as of 2021, by school grade Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322552/drug-consumption-us-high-school-students-during-covid-pandemic-by-grade/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. high school students who used more drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic as of 2021, by school grade [Graph], CDC, April 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322552/drug-consumption-us-high-school-students-during-covid-pandemic-by-grade/