While an alleged cocaine ring at Penn State University has drawn national headlines, cocaine use among young adults has been decreasing over the last 5 years. Megan Patrick tells NPR’s All Things Considered that the prevalence of cocaine use among young people is about 5% in the last year.

There’s been a decrease over the past five years of cocaine use among young adults in the U.S. The prevalence is about 5% in the past 12 months [of young adults who] used cocaine.