Steroids Use - Monitoring the Future Survey (MTF)*
MTF annually assesses drug use among the Nation’s 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students. Past year** use of anabolic steroids remained stable at under 1.5 percent for students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades in the early 1990s, then started to rise. Peak rates of past year use occurred in 2002 for 12th-graders (2.5 percent), in 2000 and 2002 for 10th-graders (2.2 percent), and in 1999 and 2000 for 8th-graders (1.7 percent). In 2003, steroid use by 10th-graders declined significantly to 1.7 percent. The rate among 12th-graders, 2.1 percent, was also down from 2002, but not significantly. Among 8th-graders, 1.4 percent reported steroid use in the past year.
Most anabolic steroids users are male, and among male students, past year use of these substances was reported by 1.8 percent of 8th-graders, 2.3 percent of 10th-graders, and 3.2 percent of 12th-graders in 2003.
Anabolic Steroid Use by Students
Year 2003 Monitoring the Future Survey
|
8th-Graders |
10th-Graders |
12th-Graders |
Ever Used |
2.5% |
3.0% |
3.5% |
Used in Past Year |
1.4 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
Used in Past Month |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
Notes
* These data are from the 2003 Monitoring the Future Survey, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, and conducted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The survey has tracked 12th-graders’ illicit drug use and related attitudes since 1975; in 1991, 8th- and 10th-graders were added to the survey. The latest data are online at http://www.drugabuse.gov.
** “Lifetime” or “ever used” refers to use at least once during a respondent’s lifetime. “Past year” refers to an individual’s drug use at least once during the year preceding their response to the survey. “Past month” refers to an individual’s drug use at least once during the month preceding their response to the survey.
Please also visit NIDA's steroids-specific Web site for further information on the effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids and information on healthy alternatives - http://www.steroidabuse.org/
-This text came from NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
