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Table 367.Percent of 18- to 25-year-olds reporting drug use during the past 30 days and the past year: 1972 to 1993

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        Drug        |1972 |1974 |1976 |1977 |1979 |1982 |1985 |1988 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993
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         1          |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13
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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
  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
  Hallucinogens ....| --- | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3
  Cocaine ..........| --- | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.5
  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
  Sedatives ........| --- | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6
  Tranquilizers ....| --- | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6
  Analgesics .......| --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Alcohol ............| --- |69.3 |69.0 |70.0 |75.9 |70.9 |70.7 |65.3 |63.3 |63.6 |59.2 |59.3
Cigarettes .........| --- |48.8 |49.4 |47.3 |42.6 |39.5 |36.6 |35.2 |31.5 |32.2 |31.9 |29.0
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                    |      Percent reporting drug use during past year
                    |_______________________________________________________________________
Any illicit use ....| --- | --- | --- | --- |49.4 |43.4 |41.0 |31.9 |28.7 |29.1 |26.4 |26.6
  Marijuana ........| --- |34.2 |35.0 |38.7 |46.9 |40.4 |36.3 |27.9 |24.6 |24.5 |22.7 |22.9
  Hallucinogens ....| --- | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 9.9 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9
  Cocaine ..........| --- | 8.1 | 7.0 |10.2 |19.6 |18.8 |15.6 |12.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.0
  Heroin ...........| --- | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | --- | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3
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
  Sedatives ........| --- | 4.2 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.1
  Tranquilizers ....| --- | 4.6 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.0
  Analgesics .......| --- | --- | --- | --- | 5.2 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.1
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Alcohol ............| --- |77.1 |77.9 |79.8 |86.6 |87.1 |86.4 |81.7 |80.2 |82.8 |77.7 |79.0
Cigarettes .........| --- | --- | --- | --- |46.7 |47.2 |43.9 |44.7 |39.7 |41.2 |41.1 |38.3
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---Data not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Preliminary Estimates from the 1993 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. (This table was prepared August 1994.)


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