drug use up at younger age the article that follows was taken from the wednesday april issue of usa today drug use up at younger age by mike snider p a drug use is on the rise among kids as young as eighth graders usually and they re using more lsd and inhalants like glue and air fresheners says a new survey the annual national high school senior survey on drug abuse finds statistically significant increases in eighth graders use of many drugs including marijuana cocaine crack lsd and inhalants we may be in danger of losing some hard won ground in reducing drug use as a new more naive generation of youngsters enters adolescence says lloyd johnston university of michigan chief researcher on the study sponsored by the department of health and human services but drug use among high school seniors is continuing a decade long decline the study of students shows the percentage who tried the following in the days before they were polled th graders alcohol cigarettes marijuana cocaine th graders alcohol cigarettes marijuana cocaine th graders alcohol cigarettes marijuana cocaine among th graders use of marijuana cocaine and inhalants declined over the year before not so with lsd of eighth graders have tried lsd in the last year up over use of lsd among seniors is at its highest point since tried it in the last year reducing drug use among students requires a different kind of strategy that health secretary donna shalala says will be part of an overall illness prevention plan the survey shows drugs are easier to get and fewer eighth graders disapprove of them it s scary shalala says dealers are focusing on younger more vulnerable kids scott kennedy brewer and patriot before david koresh is a cheap thug who interprets the bible through the barrel of a gun atf spokesman after the atf is a cheap thug who interprets the constitution through the barrel of a gun me
