{"id":4414,"date":"2026-07-28T15:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4414"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:48:16","slug":"trump-fired-the-team-tracking-teen-addiction-the-data-improved-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4414","title":{"rendered":"Trump fired the team tracking teen addiction. The data improved anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>There was some uncertainty about the future of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health last year, when the entire 17-member team responsible for it was\u00a0laid off\u00a0by the Trump administration. But the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released the latest report Monday, with data that lets researchers look at trends from 2021 to 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4412\">The Clinton Foundation thinks red states can adopt \u2018practical, evidence-based solutions\u2019 from blue states<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fewer adolescents aged 12 to 17 reported using tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and binge drinking in the previous month, the survey found.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And in the past year, fewer in that age group reported:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 illicit drug and marijuana use<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 starting drinking alcohol, vaping or marijuana<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 substance, alcohol or drug use disorders<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Adolescents also saw declining trends for major depressive episodes and fewer reported serious thoughts of suicide, making a suicide plan and attempting suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Young adults aged 18 to 25 saw similarly favorable trends.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Still, many young people face mental health challenges. Nearly 20% of adolescents surveyed had moderate or severe anxiety symptoms in the previous two weeks, compared with about 7% of adults over the age of 18.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Overall, the survey found more than half of people over 12 used an illicit drug, drank alcohol, used tobacco or vaped nicotine in the previous month. That includes 44% who drank alcohol, 16% who used a tobacco product, 10% who vaped nicotine and 16% who used an illicit drug.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4410\">FIFA Chief Infantino lashes out at critics \u2018consumed by hate and criticism\u2019 who spread \u2018hate and false rumors\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trends among young people are promising, but \u201cthere\u2019s still a lot of work to be done,\u201d said Robyn Oster, policy director for the Partnership to End Addiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly 45 million people still have substance use disorder and still not nearly enough people are getting treatment,\u201d Oster said. \u201cIt\u2019s still well over 80% of people who needed it did not get substance use treatment in the past year, let alone quality treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 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