Table 20a. Percentage of 12- to 17-year-olds who used alcohol, cigarettes, and selected drugs in past month, by race/ethnicity: 2004

Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

NCES 2007-039
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Table 20a.

Percentage of 12- to 17-year-olds who used alcohol, cigarettes, and selected drugs in past month, by race/ethnicity: 2004

Substance	Total ¹	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian ²	American Indian/ Alaska Native	More than one race
Alcohol	17.6	19.9	9.8	18.0	9.4	18.5	18.2
Cigarettes	11.9	14.4	6.0	9.1	5.4 !	17.9 !	13.5
Marijuana	7.6	8.2	6.4	6.7	4.3 !	16.7 !	10.1
Cocaine	0.5	0.5	#	0.9 !	‡	2.0 !	0.4 !
Hallucinogen ³	0.8	1.0	0.4 !	0.6 !	‡	‡	0.5 !
Inhalant ⁴	1.2	1.3	0.6 !	1.4 !	0.9 !	‡	1.6 !
Nonmedical psychotherapeutic ⁵	3.6	3.8	2.6	3.9	2.4 !	6.8 !	4.6 !
# Rounds to zero. ! Interpret data with caution. ‡ Reporting standards not met. ¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. ² Does not include Pacific Islanders. ³ Includes LSD, PCP, and MDMA (Ecstasy). ⁴ Inhalants are defined in the survey as, "liquids, sprays, and gases that people sniff or inhale to get high or to make them feel good." ⁵ Nonmedical use of any prescription-type pain reliever, tranquilizer, stimulant, or sedative; does not include over-the-counter drugs. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2004.