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Table 151. Percentage of 12- to 17-year-olds reporting substance abuse during the past 30 days and the past year, by drug used: Selected years, 1982 through 2005
Year Percent reporting substance abuse during past 30 days Percent reporting substance abuse during past year
Illicit drug use Alcohol Cigarettes Illicit drug use Alcohol Cigarettes
Any1  Marijuana Cocaine Any1  Marijuana Cocaine
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1982 (†) 9.9 (—) 1.9 (—) 34.9 (—) (†) (†) 17.7 (—) 3.7 (—) 46.1 (—) (†)
1985 13.2 (—) 10.2 (—) 1.5 (—) 41.2 (—) 29.4 (—) 20.7 (—) 16.7 (—) 3.4 (—) 52.7 (—) 29.9 (—)
1988 8.1 (—) 5.4 (—) 1.2 (—) 33.4 (—) 22.7 (—) 14.9 (—) 10.7 (—) 2.5 (—) 45.5 (—) 26.8 (—)
1990 7.1 (—) 4.4 (—) 0.6 (—) 32.5 (—) 22.4 (—) 14.1 (—) 9.6 (—) 1.9 (—) 41.8 (—) 26.2 (—)
1993 5.7 (—) 4.0 (—) 0.4 (—) 23.9 (—) 18.5 (—) 11.9 (—) 8.5 (—) 0.7 (—) 35.9 (—) 22.5 (—)
                                         
1994 8.2 (—) 6.0 (—) 0.3 (—) 21.6 (—) 18.9 (—) 15.5 (—) 11.4 (—) 1.1 (—) 36.2 (—) 24.5 (—)
1995 10.9 (—) 8.2 (—) 0.8 (—) 21.1 (—) 20.2 (—) 18.0 (—) 14.2 (—) 1.7 (—) 35.1 (—) 26.6 (—)
1996 9.0 (—) 7.1 (—) 0.6 (—) 18.8 (—) 18.3 (—) 16.7 (—) 13.0 (—) 1.4 (—) 32.7 (—) 24.2 (—)
1997 11.4 (—) 9.4 (—) 1.0 (—) 20.5 (—) 19.9 (—) 18.8 (—) 15.8 (—) 2.2 (—) 34.0 (—) 26.4 (—)
1998 9.9 (—) 8.3 (—) 0.8 (—) 19.1 (—) 18.2 (—) 16.4 (—) 14.1 (—) 1.7 (—) 31.8 (—) 23.8 (—)
                                         
1999 9.8 (0.23) 7.2 (0.20) 0.5 (0.06) 16.5 (0.30) 14.9 (0.31) 19.8 (0.32) 14.2 (0.29) 1.6 (0.10) 34.1 (0.41) 23.4 (0.37)
2000 9.7 (0.24) 7.2 (0.21) 0.6 (0.07) 16.4 (0.29) 13.4 (0.28) 18.6 (0.31) 13.4 (0.27) 1.7 (0.12) 33.0 (0.39) 20.8 (0.34)
2001 10.8 (0.26) 8.0 (0.24) 0.4 (0.06) 17.3 (0.33) 13.0 (0.28) 20.8 (0.36) 15.2 (0.32) 1.5 (0.10) 33.9 (0.39) 20.0 (0.35)
2002 11.6 (0.29) 8.2 (0.24) 0.6 (0.07) 17.6 (0.32) 13.0 (0.30) 22.2 (0.38) 15.8 (0.32) 2.1 (0.13) 34.6 (0.42) 20.3 (0.35)
2003 11.2 (0.27) 7.9 (0.24) 0.6 (0.06) 17.7 (0.33) 12.2 (0.29) 21.8 (0.36) 15.0 (0.31) 1.8 (0.11) 34.3 (0.42) 19.0 (0.36)
                                         
2004 10.6 (0.27) 7.6 (0.23) 0.5 (0.06) 17.6 (0.32) 11.9 (0.30) 21.0 (0.34) 14.5 (0.31) 1.6 (0.11) 33.9 (0.41) 18.4 (0.35)
2005 9.9 (0.25) 6.8 (0.22) 0.6 (0.06) 16.5 (0.32) 10.8 (0.28) 19.9 (0.35) 13.3 (0.30) 1.7 (0.11) 33.3 (0.41) 17.3 (0.36)
—Not available.
† Not applicable.
1 Includes other illegal drug use not shown separately.
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 have been revised from previously published figures. Data for 1999 and later years were gathered using Computer Assisted Interviewing (CAI) and may not be directly comparable to previous years. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings, selected years, 1982 through 2001; and National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002 through 2005. (This table was prepared September 2006.)

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