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Table 148. Percent of 12- to 17-year olds reporting drug use during the past 30 days and the past year: 1982 to 1999

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Type of drug and |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  frequency use  |1982 |1985 |1988 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 |1994 |1995 |1996 |1997 |1998 |1999
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        1        |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14
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                 |      Percent reporting drug use during past 30 days
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Any illicit use .| --- |13.2 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 8.2 |10.9 | 9.0 |11.4 | 9.9 |10.9
  Marijuana .....| 9.9 |10.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 7.7
  Cocaine .......| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5
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Alcohol .........|34.9 |41.2 |33.4 |32.5 |27.0 |20.9 |23.9 |21.6 |21.1 |18.8 |20.5 |19.1 |18.6
Cigarettes ......| --- |29.4 |22.7 |22.4 |20.9 |18.4 |18.5 |18.9 |20.2 |18.3 |19.9 |18.2 |14.9
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                 |      Percent reporting drug use during past year
                 |_____________________________________________________________________________
Any illicit use .| --- |20.7 |14.9 |14.1 |13.1 |10.4 |11.9 |15.5 |18.0 |16.7 |18.8 |16.4 |20.3
  Marijuana .....|17.7 |16.7 |10.7 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 8.5 |11.4 |14.2 |13.0 |15.8 |14.1 |14.4
  Cocaine .......| 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.6
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Alcohol .........|46.1 |52.7 |45.5 |41.8 |41.2 |33.3 |35.9 |36.2 |35.1 |32.7 |34.0 |31.8 |34.9
Cigarettes ......| --- |29.9 |26.8 |26.2 |23.7 |21.4 |22.5 |24.5 |26.6 |24.2 |26.4 |23.8 |23.5
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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 gathered using Computer Assisted Interviewing (CAI) and may not be directly comparable to previous years.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, "National Household Survey on Drug Abuse," various years. (This table was prepared May 2001.)


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