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Tearoff
Volume 10, Number 2
March/April 1995 |
Drug Use Among 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders
The percentages below, from NIDA's 1994 Monitoring the Future study, track illicit drug use over the last 3 years among adolescents nationwide. Each year since 1975, when the study was first undertaken, the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research has surveyed a representative sample of America's 12th graders; 8th and 10th graders were surveyed for the first time in 1991. For highlights, see Marijuana, Other Drug Use Among Teens Continues to Rise
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8th Graders |
10th Graders |
12th Graders |
| 1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
| MARIJUANA/HASHISH |
| lifetime |
11.2 |
12.6 |
16.7 |
21.4 |
24.4 |
30.4 |
32.6 |
35.3 |
38.2 |
| annual |
7.2 |
9.2 |
13.0 |
15.2 |
19.2 |
25.2 |
21.9 |
26.0 |
30.7 |
| 30-day |
3.7 |
5.1 |
7.8 |
8.1 |
10.9 |
15.8 |
11.9 |
15.5 |
19.0 |
| daily |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
3.6 |
| INHALANTS |
| lifetime |
17.4 |
19.4 |
19.9 |
16.6 |
17.5 |
18.0 |
16.6 |
17.4 |
17.7 |
| annual |
9.5 |
11.0 |
11.7 |
7.5 |
8.4 |
9.1 |
6.2 |
7.0 |
7.7 |
| 30-day |
4.7 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
| daily |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| HALLUCINOGENS |
| lifetime |
3.8 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
6.4 |
6.8 |
8.1 |
9.2 |
10.9 |
11.4 |
| annual |
2.5 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
7.4 |
7.6 |
| 30-day |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
| daily |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| COCAINE |
| lifetime |
2.9 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
4.3 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
5.9 |
| annual |
1.5 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
| 30-day |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
| daily |
* |
0.1 |
0.1 |
* |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| CRACK COCAINE |
| lifetime |
1.6 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
| annual |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
| 30-day |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
| daily |
* |
0.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| HEROIN |
| lifetime |
1.4 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
| annual |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
| 30-day |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| daily |
* |
* |
0.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| STIMULANTS |
| lifetime |
10.8 |
11.8 |
12.3 |
13.1 |
14.9 |
15.1 |
13.9 |
15.1 |
15.7 |
| annual |
6.5 |
7.2 |
7.9 |
8.2 |
9.6 |
10.2 |
7.1 |
8.4 |
9.4 |
| 30-day |
3.3 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
| daily |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| ALCOHOL |
| lifetime |
69.3 |
67.1 |
55.8** |
82.3 |
80.8 |
71.1** |
87.5 |
87.0 |
80.4** |
| annual |
53.7 |
51.6 |
46.8** |
70.2 |
69.3 |
63.9** |
76.8 |
76.0 |
73.0** |
| 30-day |
26.1 |
26.2 |
25.5** |
39.9 |
41.5 |
39.2** |
51.3 |
51.0 |
50.1** |
| daily |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.0** |
1.2 |
1.6 |
1.7** |
3.4 |
2.5 |
2.9** |
| CIGARETTES (ANY USE) |
| lifetime |
45.2 |
45.3 |
46.1 |
53.5 |
56.3 |
56.9 |
61.8 |
61.9 |
62.0 |
| annual |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| 30-day |
15.5 |
16.7 |
18.6 |
21.5 |
24.7 |
25.4 |
27.8 |
29.9 |
31.2 |
| 1/2 pack + per day |
2.9 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
7.6 |
10.0 |
10.9 |
11.2 |
| STEROIDS |
| lifetime |
1.7 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
| annual |
1.1 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
| 30-day |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
| daily |
* |
0.1 |
* |
* |
* |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
* Indicates less than 0.05 percent.
** In 1994, the question text was changed slightly to indicate that a "drink" meant "more than a few sips." Because the new wording requires heavier use to elicit a positive response, it suggests that alcohol use declined from 1993 to 1994. Use actually remained approximately the same.
From NIDA NOTES, March/April, 1995
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