Lesson Update Information

The 2010 "Monitoring the Future" Survey's latest findings to be used with the D.A.R.E. Elementary and Middle School Curriculum:

• 8th graders who have smoked cigaretts in the last 30 days are: 7.1% = 7%

• 8th graders who drank alcohol in the last 3 days are: 13.8% = 14%

• 8th graders who used inhalants in the last 30 days are: 3.6% = 4%

• 8th graders who haved smoked marijuana in the last 30 days are: 8.0% = 8%

•  8th graders who used hallucinogens  in the last 30 days are: .9% = 1%       

• Alcohol (NC%),  Inhalants (+.2%),  & smokeless tobacco (-1.6%) dropped from last year (2009)
• Marijuana (+.1%)  Cigaretts (-.2%) 

Monitoring the Future   is an annual survey of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of 50,000 8th 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed. Click on "Monitoring the Future" to see all of the results.