FIGURE 10 Alcohol - Monitoring the Future

FIGURE 10 Alcohol: Trends in 30-Day Use, Risk, Disapproval, and Availability Grades 8, 10, and 12 Risk % seeing "great risk" in having 5+ drinks in a row once or twice each weekend

Use* % who used in last 30 days 100

8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade

80

60

PERCENT

PERCENT

80

100

40

20

60

40

20

0

0 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16

'74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16

YEAR

YEAR

Disapproval Availability % saying "fairly easy" or "very easy" to get

100

100

80

80

60

60

PERCENT

PERCENT

% disapproving of having 5+ drinks in a row once or twice each weekend

40

20

40

20

0

0 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16

'74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16

YEAR

YEAR

Source. The Monitoring the Future study, the University of Michigan. *Beginning in 1993, a revised set of questions on alcohol use was introduced, in which a drink was defined as "more than just a few sips."