Table E.1 Use of Specific Substances in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month
among 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders in NSDUH and MTF: Percentages, 2002
| Drug/Current Grade Level |
SURVEY/TIME PERIOD |
| NSDUH (January-June) |
MTF |
| Lifetime |
Past Year |
Past Month |
Lifetime |
Past Year |
Past Month |
| Marijuana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8th grade |
12.0 |
9.0 |
4.5 |
19.2 |
14.6 |
8.3 |
| 10th grade |
30.4 |
25.1 |
12.5 |
38.7 |
30.3 |
17.8 |
| 12th grade |
43.4 |
30.8 |
18.2 |
47.8 |
36.2 |
21.5 |
| Cocaine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8th grade |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
3.6 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
| 10th grade |
4.1 |
3.1 |
1.0 |
6.1 |
4.0 |
1.6 |
| 12th grade |
6.0 |
4.5 |
0.5 |
7.8 |
5.0 |
2.3 |
| Inhalants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8th grade |
10.9 |
4.8 |
1.3 |
15.2 |
7.7 |
3.8 |
| 10th grade |
13.4 |
4.8 |
2.0 |
13.5 |
5.8 |
2.4 |
| 12th grade |
11.0 |
4.1 |
0.8 |
11.7 |
4.5 |
1.5 |
| Cigarettes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8th grade |
24.6 |
14.4 |
7.9 |
31.4 |
-- |
10.7 |
| 10th grade |
43.3 |
26.3 |
17.6 |
47.4 |
-- |
17.7 |
| 12th grade |
61.3 |
39.0 |
28.2 |
57.2 |
-- |
26.7 |
| Alcohol |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8th grade |
32.9 |
25.0 |
10.9 |
47.0 |
38.7 |
19.6 |
| 10th grade |
60.0 |
49.4 |
25.2 |
66.9 |
60.0 |
35.4 |
| 12th grade |
75.3 |
64.1 |
38.7 |
78.4 |
71.5 |
48.6 |
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
MTF = Monitoring the Future.
Sources: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health,
2002.
The Monitoring the Future Study, University of Michigan, 2002.
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