Young Americans are using more drugs than ever before, an official report revealed Monday, with use of marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs like such as LSD, MDMA and ‘shrooms’ hitting record levels.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) annual survey found that four in ten under-30s used cannabis last year, up a quarter from a decade ago. The numbers taking hallucinogens also hit an all-time high at one in 12, double the level from five years ago.
Alcohol remained the most popular substance among young people with eight in ten drinking it, but binge-drinking rebounded to pre-pandemic levels at three in ten while high-intensity drinking — having more than 10 alcoholic beverages a night — ratcheted up to a record 13 percent.
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