Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2003

This is the 29th annual survey in this series that explores
changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of
contemporary American youth. Students are randomly assigned to
complete one of six questionnaires, each with a different subset of
topical questions, but all containing a set of "core" questions on
demographics and drug use. There are about 1,400 variables across the
questionnaires. Drugs covered by this survey include tobacco, alcohol,
marijuana, hashish, LSD, hallucinogens, amphetamines (stimulants),
Ritalin (methylphenidate), Quaaludes (methaqualone), barbiturates
(tranquilizers), cocaine, crack cocaine, GHB (gamma hydroxy butyrate),
and heroin. Other items include attitudes toward religion, changing
roles for women, educational aspirations, self-esteem, exposure to
drug education, and violence and crime (both in and out of school).