The golden days of a youth spent downing cheap cider and shop-brand vodka in alley ways and fields are dear to us all, but changes are afoot. According to a new study, high school students in America are more likely to have smoked weed in the past month than binge drinking.

A report collated data from agencies across the states to map nationwide drug use, reports the Washington Times. In the previous decade, data released in 2014 showed a steady decrease in regular alcohol and drug use among students of high school age. The information from the Department of Health and Human Services detailed that usage among those aged 12 to 17 declined from 17.6 per cent to 11.6 per cent between 2002 and 2013, and that despite the legalisation of marijuana in states like Colorado, marijuana usage also declined.

Out of all the districts, high school students in D.C reported the highest percentage of marijuana use across the last 30 days, at 32.2 per cent. Though the study didn't look into why exactly, the data comes from before D.C legalised marijuana. New Mexico teenagers smoking weed came in second at 27.8 per cent, with Washington, Connecticut and Vermont hazily trailing into the top five. The range of alcohol usage was marginally lower, with West Virginia coming out on top for binge drinking at 24.4 per cent, with Montana, new Jersey, Iowa and Arkansas also making an appearance.

Though D.C had the highest amount of students hitting the blunts, it also had the second lowest binge drinking rate at 12 per cent, as well as the lowest rate of prescription drug abuse at 7.3 per cent. New Mexico, which came in second for smoking weed, however, reported the highest use of cocaine at 10.3 per cent.

Project Know, who completed the study, said that in general, states along the coast and in the Midwest reported lower drinking rates and higher rates of marijuana use.

Another recent study found that since Colorado’s legalisation of weed, use among young people basically hasn’t changed much.