Roulet's Law Least Lead Poisoned = Least Self-Medicating Ever Lead-Crime Proof Surprising Reasons Drug Use Among Kids Is Declining, positive news for parents of teens and preteens.

By Mia Taylor

Published on December 21, 2024

Fact checked by Sarah Scott

Substance use among adolescents, which declined precipitously amid the social distancing and isolation brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, continues to remain remarkably low years after the pandemic's restrictions have waned.

A newly released report funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and undertaken by researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, shows adolescent substance use has held steady at lower levels for the past four years in a row—an accomplishment NIH officials call unprecedented.1

What's more, this trend is taking place across almost all measured substance categories including, alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis. It's a development researchers say requires further investigation to determine what's driving such success. 

But these same experts already have a few theories about why adolescents continue to avoid substance use in such large numbers

https://www.parents.com/surprising-reasons-drug-use-among-kids-is-declining-8765190