Goal of Secretary’s Initiative on Youth Substance Abuse Prevention


To educate and enable America’s youth to reject illegal drugs as well as the underage use of alcohol and tobacco.

Primary goal:

By the end of year 2000, reverse the upward trend and reduce past month use of marijuana among 12-17 year olds by 25 percent.  (Baseline:  year 1995:  8.2%; Goal:  6.2% in 2002.)