Percent of 12- to 17-year-olds reporting drug use during the past 30 days and past year, by drug used: Selected years, 1982 to 2001

Table 149.

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    Type of drug    |1982|1985|1988|1990|1991|1992|1993|1994|1995|1996|1997|1998|1999|2000|2001
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         1          | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |16
____________________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____
                    |                    Percent reporting drug use during past 30 days
                    |__________________________________________________________________________
Any illicit use\1\ .|--- |13.2| 8.1| 7.1| 5.8| 5.3| 5.7| 8.2|10.9| 9.0|11.4| 9.9| 9.8| 9.7|10.8
  Marijuana ........| 9.9|10.2| 5.4| 4.4| 3.6| 3.4| 4.0| 6.0| 8.2| 7.1| 9.4| 8.3| 7.2| 7.2| 8.0
  Cocaine ..........| 1.9| 1.5| 1.2| 0.6| 0.4| 0.3| 0.4| 0.3| 0.8| 0.6| 1.0| 0.8| 0.5| 0.6| 0.4
                    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
Alcohol ............|34.9|41.2|33.4|32.5|27.0|20.9|23.9|21.6|21.1|18.8|20.5|19.1|16.5|16.4|17.3
Cigarettes .........|--- |29.4|22.7|22.4|20.9|18.4|18.5|18.9|20.2|18.3|19.9|18.2|14.9|13.4|13.0
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                    |                      Percent reporting drug use during past year
                    |__________________________________________________________________________
Any illicit use\1\ .|--- |20.7|14.9|14.1|13.1|10.4|11.9|15.5|18.0|16.7|18.8|16.4|19.8|18.6|20.8
  Marijuana ........|17.7|16.7|10.7| 9.6| 8.5| 6.9| 8.5|11.4|14.2|13.0|15.8|14.1|14.2|13.4|15.2
  Cocaine ..........| 3.7| 3.4| 2.5| 1.9| 1.3| 1.0| 0.7| 1.1| 1.7| 1.4| 2.2| 1.7| 1.6| 1.7| 1.5
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Alcohol ............|46.1|52.7|45.5|41.8|41.2|33.3|35.9|36.2|35.1|32.7|34.0|31.8|34.1|33.0|33.9
Cigarettes .........|--- |29.9|26.8|26.2|23.7|21.4|22.5|24.5|26.6|24.2|26.4|23.8|23.4|20.8|20.0
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---Not available.
\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 through 2001 were gathered using Computer Assisted Interviewing (CAI) and may not be directly comparable to previous years.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, "National Household Survey on Drug Abuse," selected years 1982-2001. (This table was prepared June 2003.)

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