Percent of 18- to 25-year-olds reporting drug use during the past 30 days and the past year: 1982 to 1996

Table 375. -

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                     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
         Drug        |1982 |1985 |1988 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 |1994 |1995 |1996
 ____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
          1          |   2 |   3 |   4 |   5 |   6 |   7 |   8 |   9 |  10 |  11
 ____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
                     |      Percent reporting drug use during past 30 days
                     |___________________________________________________________
 Any illicit use ....| --- |25.3 |17.9 |15.0 |15.4 |13.1 |13.6 |13.3 |14.2 |15.6
   Marijuana ........|27.2 |21.7 |15.3 |12.7 |12.9 |10.9 |11.1 |12.1 |12.0 |13.2
   Cocaine ..........| 7.0 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.0
                     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
 Alcohol ............|66.6 |70.1 |64.7 |62.8 |63.1 |58.6 |58.7 |63.1 |61.3 |60.0
 Cigarettes .........| --- |47.4 |45.6 |40.9 |41.7 |41.5 |37.9 |34.6 |35.3 |38.3
                     |=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====
                     |      Percent reporting drug use during past year
                     |___________________________________________________________
 Any illicit use ....| --- |37.4 |29.1 |26.1 |26.6 |24.1 |24.2 |24.6 |25.5 |26.8
   Marijuana ........|37.4 |34.0 |26.1 |23.0 |22.9 |21.2 |21.4 |21.8 |21.8 |23.8
   Cocaine ..........|15.9 |13.6 |10.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.7
                     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
 Alcohol ............|80.6 |84.2 |79.6 |78.1 |80.7 |75.6 |76.9 |78.5 |76.5 |75.3
 Cigarettes .........| --- |49.9 |50.9 |45.1 |46.9 |46.8 |43.7 |41.1 |42.5 |44.7
 ____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____

---Data not available or low precision; no estimate reported.

NOTE.--Some 1982 data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Preliminary Estimates from the 1996 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1997. (This table was prepared July 1998.)

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