More students are using marijuana daily than are drinking alcohol daily, according to the “Monitoring the Future” survey.
Survey results suggest that the non-medical use of the stimulant Adderall is higher for the college group than their non-college peers; and there has been an uptick in cocaine use among college students.
For the first time, the use of e-cigarettes was surveyed, with nearly 10 percent of college students reporting past month use. Use of smoking tobacco with a hookah pipe is also high — with nearly one-third of college students reporting past year use, up significantly from last year. Also in 2014, smoking half a pack or more of cigarettes a day is four times as prevalent among non-college students than their peers in college (10.1 percent compared to 2.4 percent).
For the first time, National Institute on Drug Abuse has posted a comprehensive list of 400 undergraduate and graduate programs in addiction studies at colleges and universities around the country.
The list offers the name and location of the programs, with links and contact information. Colleges and universities offering career studies related to addiction and public health, social work and behavioral/medical degrees are encouraged to connect with NIDA to see if their programs qualify for inclusion in the list.