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Club Drugs

Brief Description

Club drugs tend to be used by teenagers and young adults at bars, nightclubs, concerts, and parties. Club drugs include GHB, Rohypnol®, ketamine, and others. MDMA (Ecstasy), Methamphetamine, and LSD (Acid), are considered club drugs and are covered in their individual drug summaries. Learn more

Statistics and Trends

2012 Monitoring the Future (MTF) Study: for 8th-Graders, 10th-Graders, and 12th-Graders (in percent)*
Drug Time
Period
8th-
Graders
10th-
Graders
12th-
Graders
Ketamine Past Year - - 1.5
GHB Past Year - - 1.4
Rohypnol Lifetime [1.0] 0.8 -
Past Year 0.4 0.5 1.5
Past Month 0.1 0.2 -

* Data in brackets indicate statistically significant change from the previous year.

 

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