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Table 370.Percent of 18- to 25-year-olds reporting drug use during the past 30 days and the past year: 1972 to 1994

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        Drug        |1972 |1974 |1976 |1977 |1979 |1982 |1985 |1988 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 |1994\1\
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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 ....| --- | --- | --- | --- |37.1 |30.4 |25.1 |17.8 |14.9 |15.4 |13.0 |13.5 |  13.3
  Marijuana ........|27.8 |25.2 |25.0 |27.4 |35.4 |27.4 |21.9 |15.5 |12.7 |13.0 |11.0 |11.1 |  12.1
  Hallucinogens ....| --- | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |   1.8
  Cocaine ..........| --- | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 |   1.2
  Heroin ...........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |   ---
Nonmedical use of:  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  Stimulants .......| --- | 3.7 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 |   0.5
  Sedatives ........| --- | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |   0.1
  Tranquilizers ....| --- | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |   0.4
  Analgesics .......| --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 |   1.2
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Alcohol ............| --- |69.3 |69.0 |70.0 |75.9 |70.9 |70.7 |65.3 |63.3 |63.6 |59.2 |59.3 |  63.1
Cigarettes .........| --- |48.8 |49.4 |47.3 |42.6 |39.5 |36.6 |35.2 |31.5 |32.2 |31.9 |29.0 |  34.6
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                    |                Percent reporting drug use during past year
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Any illicit use ....| --- | --- | --- | --- |49.4 |43.4 |41.0 |31.9 |28.7 |29.1 |26.4 |26.6 |  24.6
  Marijuana ........| --- |34.2 |35.0 |38.7 |46.9 |40.4 |36.3 |27.9 |24.6 |24.5 |22.7 |22.9 |  21.8
  Hallucinogens ....| --- | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 9.9 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 |   5.1
  Cocaine ..........| --- | 8.1 | 7.0 |10.2 |19.6 |18.8 |15.6 |12.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.0 |   3.6
  Heroin ...........| --- | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | --- | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 |   0.1
Nonmedical use of:  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  Stimulants .......| --- | 8.0 | 8.8 |10.4 |10.1 |10.8 | 9.8 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.0 |   1.3
  Sedatives ........| --- | 4.2 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.1 |   0.6
  Tranquilizers ....| --- | 4.6 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.0 |   1.9
  Analgesics .......| --- | --- | --- | --- | 5.2 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.1 |   3.5
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Alcohol ............| --- |77.1 |77.9 |79.8 |86.6 |87.1 |86.4 |81.7 |80.2 |82.8 |77.7 |79.0 |  78.5
Cigarettes .........| --- | --- | --- | --- |46.7 |47.2 |43.9 |44.7 |39.7 |41.2 |41.1 |38.3 |  41.1
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1 Due to changes in the survey instrument and administration, 1994 estimates are not comparable to previous years.

---Data not available or low precision; no estimate reported.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, "National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Population Estimates 1994," 1995. (This table was prepared April 1996.)


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