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U.S. 12th graders that believed steroids were easy to obtain 1991-2017

Percentage of U.S. students in grade 12 that perceived steroids as being easy to get from 1991 to 2017

The data displays the percentage of 12th graders in the United States that believed steroids were easy or fairly easy to obtain from 1991 to 2017. According to the survey, in 1998, 44.5% of 12th graders said that they believed steroids were easy to get, compared to 20.1% in 2017. Steroids are performance enhancing drugs that are sometimes used by athletes illegally.

1991	46.7
1992	46.8
1993	44.8
1994	42.9
1995	45.5
1996	40.3
1997	41.7
1998	44.5
1999	44.6
2000	44.8
2001	44.4
2002	45.5
2003	40.7
2004	42.6
2005	39.7
2006	41.1
2007	40.1
2008	35.2
2009	30.3
2010	27.3
2011	26.1
2012	25
2013	28.5
2014	22
2015	23.7
2016	21.3
2017	20.1

U.S. 12th graders that believed steroids were easy to obtain 1991-2017

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