Elevated Use of Cannabis, Nicotine Among U.S. Adults Continues Into 2025

• By: | The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• August 14th, 2026
• alcohol consumption, cannabis use, heroin use, nicotine vaping, NIDA, NIH, substance use
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National Survey Finds Alcohol, Cigarette, Other Substance Use at Low Levels In 2025, adults in the United States reported using cannabis at or near record-high levels, continuing a long-term trend of increasing use. Nicotine vaping also remained high among young adults. These findings are based...

Teen Drug Use Remains Near Historic Lows, NIH-Supported Survey Finds

• By: | The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• January 2nd, 2026
• adolescent drug trends, alcohol use, cannabis use, heroin and cocaine, mental health and prevention, nicotine and vaping, pandemic impact, teen substance use
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For the fifth year in a row, use of most substances among teenagers in the United States has continued to hover around the low-water mark reached in 2021. The findings come from the latest report of the Monitoring the Future Survey, an annual survey of drug use behaviors and attitudes among eighth,...