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Table 376. Percent of 18- to 25-year-olds reporting drug use during the past 30 days and the past year: 1982 to 2000

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        Drug        |1982 |1985 |1988 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 |1994 |1995 |1996 |1997 |1998 |1999 |2000
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         1          |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15
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                    |      Percent reporting drug use during past 30 days
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Any illicit         |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
   drug use\1\ .....| --- |25.3 |17.9 |15.0 |15.4 |13.1 |13.6 |13.3 |14.2 |15.6 |14.7 |16.1 |16.4 |15.9
  Marijuana ........|27.2 |21.7 |15.3 |12.7 |12.9 |10.9 |11.1 |12.1 |12.0 |13.2 |12.8 |13.8 |14.2 |13.6
  Cocaine ..........| 7.0 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.4
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Alcohol ............|66.6 |70.1 |64.7 |62.8 |63.1 |58.6 |58.7 |63.1 |61.3 |60.0 |58.4 |60.0 |57.2 |56.8
Cigarettes .........| --- |47.4 |45.6 |40.9 |41.7 |41.5 |37.9 |34.6 |35.3 |38.3 |40.6 |41.6 |39.7 |38.3
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                    |      Percent reporting drug use during past year
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Any illicit         |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
   drug use\1\ .....| --- |37.4 |29.1 |26.1 |26.6 |24.1 |24.2 |24.6 |25.5 |26.8 |25.3 |27.4 |29.1 |27.9
  Marijuana ........|37.4 |34.0 |26.1 |23.0 |22.9 |21.2 |21.4 |21.8 |21.8 |23.8 |22.3 |24.1 |24.5 |23.7
  Cocaine ..........|15.9 |13.6 |10.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.4
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Alcohol ............|80.6 |84.2 |79.6 |78.1 |80.7 |75.6 |76.9 |78.5 |76.5 |75.3 |75.1 |74.2 |74.8 |74.5
Cigarettes .........| --- |49.9 |50.9 |45.1 |46.9 |46.8 |43.7 |41.1 |42.5 |44.7 |45.9 |47.1 |47.5 |45.8
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\1\Includes use of other drugs not shown separately.

NOTE: Marijuana includes hashish usage for 1996 and later years. Some estimates from 1982 have been revised and may differ from previously published figures. Data for 1999 and 2000 were gathered using Computer Assisted Interviewing (CAI) and may not be directly comparable to previous years. Data for 1999 have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, "National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings," various years. (This table was prepared July 2002.)


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