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Preventing Underage Drinking: A School-Based Approach

Past Year Alcohol Use

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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