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Table 145. Percentage of 12- to 17-year-olds reporting drug use during the past 30 days and past year, by drug used: Selected years, 1982 through 2003
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          |      Percent reporting drug use during past 30 days    |       Percent reporting drug use during past year
          |________________________________________________________|______________________________________________________
          |           Illicit drug use      |           |          |         Illicit drug use      |          |
          |_________________________________|           |          |_______________________________|          |
Year      |     Any\1\| Marijuana|   Cocaine|    Alcohol|Cigarettes|    Any\1\| Marijuana|  Cocaine|   Alcohol|Cigarettes
__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|___________
1         |          2|         3|         4|          5|         6|         7|         8|        9|        10|         11
__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|___________
1982 .....| ---   (†) | 9.9  --- | 1.9  --- | 34.9  --- |---   (†) |---   (†) |17.7  --- |3.7  --- |46.1  --- | ---   (†)
1985 .....| 13.2  --- |10.2  --- | 1.5  --- | 41.2  --- |29.4  --- |20.7  --- |16.7  --- |3.4  --- |52.7  --- | 29.9  ---
1988 .....|  8.1  --- | 5.4  --- | 1.2  --- | 33.4  --- |22.7  --- |14.9  --- |10.7  --- |2.5  --- |45.5  --- | 26.8  ---
1990 .....|  7.1  --- | 4.4  --- | 0.6  --- | 32.5  --- |22.4  --- |14.1  --- | 9.6  --- |1.9  --- |41.8  --- | 26.2  ---
1993 .....|  5.7  --- | 4.0  --- | 0.4  --- | 23.9  --- |18.5  --- |11.9  --- | 8.5  --- |0.7  --- |35.9  --- | 22.5  ---
          |           |          |          |           |          |          |          |         |          |
1994 .....|  8.2  --- | 6.0  --- | 0.3  --- | 21.6  --- |18.9  --- |15.5  --- |11.4  --- |1.1  --- |36.2  --- | 24.5  ---
1995 .....| 10.9  --- | 8.2  --- | 0.8  --- | 21.1  --- |20.2  --- |18.0  --- |14.2  --- |1.7  --- |35.1  --- | 26.6  ---
1996 .....|  9.0  --- | 7.1  --- | 0.6  --- | 18.8  --- |18.3  --- |16.7  --- |13.0  --- |1.4  --- |32.7  --- | 24.2  ---
1997 .....| 11.4  --- | 9.4  --- | 1.0  --- | 20.5  --- |19.9  --- |18.8  --- |15.8  --- |2.2  --- |34.0  --- | 26.4  ---
1998 .....|  9.9  --- | 8.3  --- | 0.8  --- | 19.1  --- |18.2  --- |16.4  --- |14.1  --- |1.7  --- |31.8  --- | 23.8  ---
          |           |          |          |           |          |          |          |         |          |
1999 .....|  9.8(0.23)| 7.2(0.20)| 0.5(0.06)| 16.5(0.30)|14.9(0.31)|19.8(0.32)|14.2(0.29)|1.6(0.10)|34.1(0.41)| 23.4(0.37)
2000 .....|  9.7(0.24)| 7.2(0.21)| 0.6(0.07)| 16.4(0.29)|13.4(0.28)|18.6(0.31)|13.4(0.27)|1.7(0.12)|33.0(0.39)| 20.8(0.34)
2001 .....| 10.8(0.26)| 8.0(0.24)| 0.4(0.06)| 17.3(0.33)|13.0(0.28)|20.8(0.36)|15.2(0.32)|1.5(0.10)|33.9(0.39)| 20.0(0.35)
2002 .....| 11.6(0.29)| 8.2(0.24)| 0.6(0.07)| 17.6(0.32)|13.0(0.30)|22.2(0.38)|15.8(0.32)|2.1(0.13)|34.6(0.42)| 20.3(0.35)
2003 .....| 11.2(0.27)| 7.9(0.24)| 0.6(0.06)| 17.7(0.33)|12.2(0.29)|21.8(0.36)|15.0(0.31)|1.8(0.11)|34.3(0.42)| 19.0(0.36)
__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|___________
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
\1\Includes other illegal drug use not shown separately.
NOTE: Marijuana includes hashish usage for 1996 and later years. Due to changes in the survey instrument and
administration and to improve comparability with new data, estimates for 1982 through 1993 have been adjusted
and may differ from those reported in previous years. Data for 1999 have been revised from previously published
figures. Data for 1999 and later years were gathered using Computer Assisted Interviewing (CAI) and may not be
directly comparable to previous years. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey on Drug Use and Health (formerly called National Household Survey on Drug Abuse), 1982 through 2003. (This table was prepared August 2005.)

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