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Drug use among teenagers has continued to drop since the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large national study says.

一项大型全国性研究表明，自 COVID-19 大流行初期以来，青少年吸毒人数持续下降。

The federally financed Monitoring the Future study has been carried out yearly since 1975. However, the study only started measuring abstinence – the practice of rejecting alcohol or recreational drug use – in 2017.

联邦资助的“监测未来”研究自 1975 年以来每年进行一次。然而，该研究直到 2017 年才开始衡量戒酒情况，即拒绝饮酒或消遣性药物的使用。

This year’s findings are based on answers from about 24,000 students in grades 8, 10 and 12 in schools across the United States.

今年的调查结果基于美国各地学校约 24,000 名 8、10 和 12 年级学生的回答。

One major finding: About 66 percent of 12th graders said they had not used alcohol, marijuana, and traditional or electronic cigarettes in the previous 30 days.

一项重大发现：约 66% 的 12 年级学生表示，他们在过去 30 天内没有使用酒精、大麻以及传统或电子烟。

That share, or proportion, of students is the largest since the yearly study started measuring abstinence.

这一比例是自年度研究开始衡量禁欲率以来最大的学生比例。

The study is “one of the best, if not the best” source of national data for substance use by teens, said Noah Kreski. Kreski is a Columbia University data analyst who has studied teen drug use.

诺亚·克雷斯基 (Noah Kreski) 表示，这项研究是“最好的，即使不是最好的”国家青少年药物使用数据来源。 克雷斯基是哥伦比亚大学的数据分析师，研究青少年吸毒情况。

Among 10th graders, 80 percent said they had not used alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes or e-cigarettes recently, another record. Among 8th graders, 90 percent did not use any of them, the same as was reported in the previous study.

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