Percent of 18- to 25-year-olds reporting drug use during the past 30 days and the past year: 1982 to 1998

Table 374.

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        Drug        |1982 |1985 |1988 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 |1994 |1995 |1996 |1997 |1998
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         1          |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13
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                    |      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 |14.7 |16.1
  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
  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
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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
Cigarettes .........| --- |47.4 |45.6 |40.9 |41.7 |41.5 |37.9 |34.6 |35.3 |38.3 |40.6 |41.6
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                    |      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 |25.3 |27.4
  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
  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
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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
Cigarettes .........| --- |49.9 |50.9 |45.1 |46.9 |46.8 |43.7 |41.1 |42.5 |44.7 |45.9 |47.1
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NOTE: Marijuana includes hashish usage for 1996, 1997, and 1998. 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, "National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings 1998," 1999. (This table was prepared July 2000.)

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