Binge-drinking and marijuana use have reached historically high levels among U.S. adults aged 35 to 50, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced Thursday.
“Understanding these trends is a first step, and it is crucial that research continues to illuminate how substance use and related health impacts may change over time,” Volkow said. “We want to ensure that people from the earliest to the latest stages in adulthood are equipped with up-to-date knowledge to help inform decisions related to substance use.”
The findings stem from the Monitoring the Future study, an annual survey of substance use behaviors and attitudes in adults aged 19 to 60. The MTF study starts by surveying 8th, 10th and 12th graders about substance use behaviors and attitudes, and then continues surveying a subset of participants into adulthood. They are followed every other year through age 30, then every five years afterward into their 60s.Among younger adults, marijuana, vaping andAmong adults aged 19 to 30, more than four in 10 reported past-year use of marijuana. That was up from 35% in 2017 and 28% in 2012.
About 28% of those aged 35 to 50 reported past-year marijuana use. That was up from 25% in 2021, 17% in 2017 and more than double the 13% reported in 2012.About 21% of adults aged 19 to 30 reported past-year marijuana vaping compared to 12% in 2017, the first year this category was recorded.Their older counterparts, aged 35 to 50, were less likely to vape, with about 9% reporting past-year marijuana vaping in 2022 and 7% reporting past-year nicotine vaping.
Middle-aged adults used hallucinogens, too, but at lower rates. Four percent of adults aged 35 to 50 reported past-year
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