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Table 382. Percentage of 18- to 25-year-olds reporting drug use during the past 30 days and during the past year: Selected years, 1982 to 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 .|---   (†) |27.2  --- | 7.0  --- |66.6  --- |---   (†) |---   (†) | 37.4  --- |15.9  --- |80.6  --- |---     (†)
1985 .|25.3  --- |21.7  --- | 8.1  --- |70.1  --- |47.4  --- |37.4  --- | 34.0  --- |13.6  --- |84.2  --- |49.9    ---
1988 .|17.9  --- |15.3  --- | 4.8  --- |64.7  --- |45.6  --- |29.1  --- | 26.1  --- |10.5  --- |79.6  --- |50.9    ---
1990 .|15.0  --- |12.7  --- | 2.3  --- |62.8  --- |40.9  --- |26.1  --- | 23.0  --- | 6.5  --- |78.1  --- |45.1    ---
1991 .|15.4  --- |12.9  --- | 2.2  --- |63.1  --- |41.7  --- |26.6  --- | 22.9  --- | 6.7  --- |80.7  --- |46.9    ---
      |          |                     |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1992 .|13.1  --- |10.9  --- | 2.0  --- |58.6  --- |41.5  --- |24.1  --- | 21.2  --- | 5.5  --- |75.6  --- |46.8    ---
1993 .|13.6  --- |11.1  --- | 1.6  --- |58.7  --- |37.9  --- |24.2  --- | 21.4  --- | 4.4  --- |76.9  --- |43.7    ---
1994 .|13.3  --- |12.1  --- | 1.2  --- |63.1  --- |34.6  --- |24.6  --- | 21.8  --- | 3.6  --- |78.5  --- |41.1    ---
1995 .|14.2  --- |12.0  --- | 1.3  --- |61.3  --- |35.3  --- |25.5  --- | 21.8  --- | 4.3  --- |76.5  --- |42.5    ---
1996 .|15.6  --- |13.2  --- | 2.0  --- |60.0  --- |38.3  --- |26.8  --- | 23.8  --- | 4.7  --- |75.3  --- |44.7    ---
      |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1997 .|14.7  --- |12.8  --- | 1.2  --- |58.4  --- |40.6  --- |25.3  --- | 22.3  --- | 3.9  --- |75.1  --- |45.9    ---
1998 .|16.1  --- |13.8  --- | 2.0  --- |60.0  --- |41.6  --- |27.4  --- | 24.1  --- | 4.7  --- |74.2  --- |47.1    ---
1999 .|16.4(0.40)|14.2(0.38)| 1.7(0.12)|57.2(0.54)|39.7(0.47)|29.1(0.48)| 24.5(0.46)| 5.2(0.21)|74.8(0.48)|47.5  (0.52)
2000 .|15.9(0.36)|13.6(0.34)| 1.4(0.11)|56.8(0.51)|38.3(0.48)|27.9(0.46)| 23.7(0.43)| 4.4(0.18)|74.5(0.46)|45.8  (0.49)
2001 .|18.8(0.41)|16.0(0.39)| 1.9(0.13)|58.8(0.50)|39.1(0.47)|31.9(0.48)| 26.7(0.48)| 5.7(0.23)|75.4(0.41)|46.8  (0.48)
      |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
2002 .|20.2(0.37)|17.3(0.36)| 2.0(0.12)|60.5(0.53)|40.8(0.48)|35.5(0.46)| 29.8(0.43)| 6.7(0.24)|77.9(0.41)|49.0  (0.50)
2003 .|20.3(0.40)|17.0(0.37)| 2.2(0.13)|61.4(0.50)|40.2(0.47)|34.6(0.48)| 28.5(0.46)| 6.6(0.23)|78.1(0.41)|47.6  (0.46)
______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|____________
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
\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 through 2001 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. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
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. National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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