Ecstasy Use Leveling Off Among Teens

Teen use of Ecstasy has leveled off, according to a new study. But most young people don't see experimenting with the drug as risky.

The annual survey by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America finds 45 percent of kids 12 to 18 saw a great risk in trying Ecstasy once or twice.

That's more than the 42 percent who felt that way in last year's survey, but it's still the minority opinion.

About nine percent of the teens in this latest survey say they've used Ecstasy -- compared to ten percent a year before.

A partnership survey released five months ago found that only one percent of American parents believed their child had ever tried Ecstasy.

The study was conducted among about 7,000 teens nationwide in April, May and June. It has a margin of error of plus or minus one-and-a-half percentage points.