Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2018

This survey of 12th-grade students is part of a series thatexplores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyleorientations of contemporary American youth. Students are randomlyassigned to complete one of six questionnaires, each with a differentsubset of topical questions, but all containing a set of "core"questions on demographics and drug use. There are about 1,400variables across the questionnaires. Drugs covered by this surveyinclude tobacco, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, hashish,prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, LSD,hallucinogens, amphetamines (stimulants), Ritalin (methylphenidate),Quaaludes (methaqualone), sedatives/barbiturates, tranquilizers, cocaine, crack cocaine, GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), ecstasy, methamphetamine, andheroin. Other topics include attitudes toward religion, changing rolesfor women, educational aspirations, self-esteem, exposure to drugeducation, and violence and crime (both in and out of school).