The CBHSQ Report: A Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts Update

In the United States in 2011, there were an estimated 25.1 million
adolescents aged 12 to 17.1 In the
past year, more than one quarter of adolescents drank alcohol, approximately one
fifth used an illicit drug, and almost one eighth smoked cigarettes.2 Although the percentage of adolescents using
alcohol, cigarettes, and illicit drugs declined between 2008 and 2011, the
percentage of