In 1976, 92% of high school seniors said that they had consumed alcohol in their lives.
— Ryan Burge 📊 (@ryanburge) January 10, 2026
In 2022, that was 53%.
Smoking cigarettes went from 76% to 17% during the same time period.
Marijuana use is down by 26 pts.
Oh, and teen pregnancy is down 75% since the early 1990s. pic.twitter.com/7Os4WuaD5n