Percentage of persons ages 12 to 25 reporting substance use in the past month, by age group and type of substance: Selected years, 1995 through 2009

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Table 48.	Percentage of persons ages 12 to 25 reporting substance use in the past month, by age group and type of substance: Selected years, 1995 through 2009

Age group and type of substance	1995	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
12 to 17
Any illicit drug¹	10.9	9.7	9.9	9.8	9.5	9.3	10.0
Any psychotherapeutic	—	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.3	2.9	3.1
Cocaine	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3
Hallucinogens	—	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.9
Inhalants	—	1.0	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.0
Marijuana and hashish	8.2	7.2	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	7.3

Alcohol	21.1	16.4	16.5	16.6	15.9	14.6	14.7
"Binge" alcohol use²	7.9	10.4	9.9	10.3	9.7	8.8	8.8

Cigarettes	20.2	13.4	10.8	10.4	9.8	9.1	8.9
18 to 25

Any illicit drug¹	14.2	15.9	20.1	19.8	19.7	19.6	21.2
Any psychotherapeutic	—	3.6	6.3	6.5	6.0	5.9	6.3
Cocaine	1.3	1.4	2.6	2.2	1.7	1.5	1.4
Hallucinogens	—	1.8	1.5	1.7	1.5	1.7	1.8
Inhalants	—	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4
Marijuana and hashish	12.0	13.6	16.6	16.3	16.4	16.5	18.1

Alcohol	61.3	56.8	60.9	61.9	61.2	61.2	61.8
"Binge" alcohol use²	29.9	37.8	41.9	42.2	41.8	41.0	41.7

Cigarettes	35.3	38.3	39.0	38.4	36.2	35.7	35.8

—Not available.
¹Indicates use of marijuana or hashish, cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens (including PCP and LSD), heroin, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically at least once in the past month.
²Defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), selected years, 1995–2009. Retrieved May 1, 2011, from http://oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda.htm.