According to a recent survey released by the Japanese government, the proportion of Japanese high school students abusing non-prescription drugs such as cough suppressants and antipyretic analgesics is 1.4%. Of these, about 10% use medication every week to “pursue excitement or improve mood.” According to reports, a research team from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare conducted a survey on high school students from September 2024 to February 2025 on questions such as whether to overdose on non-prescription drugs to “pursue excitement or improve mood,” and reached the above conclusion. The survey received a total of approximately 51,000 valid responses. According to the survey, 4.6% of high school students who admitted to having abused drugs in the past year said they used medication almost every day, and 6.3% said they used medication several times a week. There are gender differences in drug abuse rates, 0.9% for boys and 1.7% for girls. When asked where to get the medicine, 54.1% of respondents said they got it from a pharmacy and 25.6% said they got it from home.

According to a recent survey released by the Japanese government, the proportion of Japanese high school students abusing non-prescription drugs such as cough suppressants and antipyretic analgesics is 1.4%. Of these, about 10% use medication every week to “pursue excitement or improve mood.” According to reports, a research team from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare conducted a survey on high school students from September 2024 to February 2025 on questions such as whether to overdose on non-prescription drugs to “pursue excitement or improve mood,” and reached the above conclusion. The survey received a total of approximately 51,000 valid responses. According to the survey, 4.6% of high school students who admitted to having abused drugs in the past year said they used medication almost every day, and 6.3% said they used medication several times a week. There are gender differences in drug abuse rates, 0.9% for boys and 1.7% for girls. When asked where to get the medicine, 54.1% of respondents said they got it from a pharmacy and 25.6% said they got it from home.