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Table 377. Percent of 18- to 25-year-olds reporting drug use during the past 30 days and the past year: 1982 to 1999

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        Drug        |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 ....| --- |25.3 |17.9 |15.0 |15.4 |13.1 |13.6 |13.3 |14.2 |15.6 |14.7 |16.1 |17.1
  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 |14.8
  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 | 1.7
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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 |58.0
Cigarettes .........| --- |47.4 |45.6 |40.9 |41.7 |41.5 |37.9 |34.6 |35.3 |38.3 |40.6 |41.6 |39.7
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                    |      Percent reporting drug use during past year
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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 |29.6
  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 |24.8
  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 | 5.3
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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 |75.0
Cigarettes .........| --- |49.9 |50.9 |45.1 |46.9 |46.8 |43.7 |41.1 |42.5 |44.7 |45.9 |47.1 |47.5
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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 data 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: Main Findings," various years. (This table was prepared April 2001.)


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