Huffington Post, December 21, 2011
"Last week, I joined officials from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Health and Human Services to announce the results of the largest annual survey on youth drug use in America. NIDA's annual 'Monitoring the Future' study, which questions more than 46,000 teens in over 400 public and private schools across America, is a vital source of information about the types of substances young people are using, as well as their attitudes and perceptions regarding substance use -- including alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
This year's data revealed some troubling new trends, including startling new information showing an emerging threat of so-called 'synthetic drugs,' which have been marketed as 'legal' alternatives to marijuana. According to the survey, one in nine high school seniors has used synthetic marijuana marketed as 'K2' and 'spice' in the past year. That means the use of these drugs now rank as the second most frequently used illegal drug among high school seniors, second only to marijuana." Read More
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