Which data source is primarily designed to survey students in schools to monitor trends?

Which data source is primarily designed to survey students in schools to monitor trends?

• A. Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring
• B. Drug Abuse Warning Network
• C. Monitoring the Future
• D. National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Answer: (C)

Monitoring the Future is designed to track trends among youth by surveying students in schools. It targets eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders across the United States and has been conducted annually for decades to measure who is using drugs, what they think about it, and how attitudes shift over time. This school-based, time-series approach makes it the best fit for monitoring changes in drug use among adolescents. In contrast, Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring collects data from individuals in the criminal-justice system and isn’t school-based; Drug Abuse Warning Network focuses on drug-related emergency department visits and deaths; and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health surveys the general population, mostly through household interviews, not specifically students in schools.

Monitoring the Future is designed to track trends among youth by surveying students in schools. It targets eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders across the United States and has been conducted annually for decades to measure who is using drugs, what they think about it, and how attitudes shift over time. This school-based, time-series approach makes it the best fit for monitoring changes in drug use among adolescents.

In contrast, Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring collects data from individuals in the criminal-justice system and isn’t school-based; Drug Abuse Warning Network focuses on drug-related emergency department visits and deaths; and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health surveys the general population, mostly through household interviews, not specifically students in schools.