National Institute on Drug Abuse to Announce Results of 2012 Monitoring the Future Survey
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, December 19, to announce the results of its 2012 Monitoring the Future survey. The survey, funded by NIDA -- part of the National Institutes of Health -- tracks annual drug abuse trends of 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students, including attitudes and perceived risk of specific drugs of abuse. The 2012 MTF survey will include use of “bath salts” among students for the first time.
MTF is one of three major survey instruments the Department of Health and Human Services uses to monitor the nation’s substance abuse patterns among teens. Information from these surveys helps identify potential drug problem areas, assess whether federal drug prevention efforts are effective, and ensure that resources are targeted to areas of greatest need. For more information on the MTF survey, visit: www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/MTF.html.
WHAT: Release of the 2012 Monitoring the Future Survey results
WHEN: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 7 AM PST
WHERE: National Press Club
Holeman Lounge
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
Media interested in participating via teleconference should contact the NIDA press team at media@nida.nih.gov or 301-443-6245.
WHO: Featured Speakers
Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
R. Gil Kerlikowske
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Lloyd D. Johnston, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
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Monitoring the Future is funded by grant #DA001411.
