Editing Openai/6944ad45-6508-8010-b958-987d179a19de (section)

==== While exact percentages vary by survey and age group, the broad pattern from Monitoring the Future is: ====
* Eighth graders: Relatively low and declining past-year marijuana use (~single-digit percentages). National Institutes of Health (NIH)<ref>{{cite web|title=National Institutes of Health (NIH)|url=https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/reported-drug-use-among-adolescents-continued-hold-below-pre-pandemic-levels-2023|publisher=National Institutes of Health (NIH)|access-date=2025-12-20}}</ref>
* 10th & 12th graders: Higher than younger teens but trending lower or stable compared to earlier years; abstinence rates are at or near historic highs. National Institutes of Health (NIH)<ref>{{cite web|title=National Institutes of Health (NIH)|url=https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/reported-use-most-drugs-remains-low-among-us-teens|publisher=National Institutes of Health (NIH)|access-date=2025-12-20}}</ref>

Note: Individual survey releases usually break results down into “past 30-day use,” “past year,” and “lifetime use,” and the exact percentages shift year-to-year, but the overall trend is not upward for teens.