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Indicator 49. Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use

Tobacco, alcohol, and drug use among high school seniors, by substance and frequency of use: 1975 to 1992

____________________________________________________________________________________                       |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |         Substance     |Class|Class|Class|Class|Class|Class|Class|Class|Class|Class       and frequency   |  of |  of |  of |  of |  of |  of |  of |  of |  of |  of          of use       | 1975| 1980| 1985| 1986| 1987| 1988| 1989| 1990| 1991| 1992 ______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|______                                    Percent reporting having ever used drugs  Cigarettes ............ 73.6  71.0  68.8  67.6  67.2  66.4  65.7  64.4  63.1  61.8 Alcohol................ 90.4  93.2  92.2  91.3  92.2  92.0  90.7  89.5  88.0  87.5 Any illicit drug ...... 55.2  65.4  60.6  57.6  56.6  53.9  50.9  47.9  44.1  40.7   Marijuana only....... 19.0  26.7  20.9  19.9  20.8  21.4  19.5  18.5  17.2  15.6   Any illicit drug other   than marijuana*/..... 36.2  38.7  39.7  37.7  35.8  32.5  31.4  29.4  26.9  25.1  Selected illicit drugs:   Cocaine .............  9.0  15.7  17.3  16.9  15.2  12.1  10.3   9.4   7.8   6.1   Heroin ..............  2.2   1.1   1.2   1.1   1.2   1.1   1.3   1.3   0.9   1.2   LSD ................. 11.3   9.3   7.5   7.2   8.4   7.7   8.3   8.7   8.8   8.6   Marijuana/hashish ... 47.3  60.3  54.2  50.9  50.2  47.2  43.7  40.7  36.7  32.6   PCP .................  ---   9.6   4.9   4.8   3.0   2.9   3.9   2.8   2.9   2.4                               Percent reporting use of drugs in the previous 30 days  Cigarettes ............ 36.7  30.5  30.1  29.6  29.4  28.7  28.6  29.4  28.3  27.8 Alcohol................ 68.2  72.0  65.9  65.3  66.4  63.9  60.0  57.1  54.0  51.3 Any illicit drug ...... 30.7  37.2  29.7  27.1  24.7  21.3  19.7  17.2  16.4  14.4   Marijuana only....... 15.3  18.8  14.8  13.9  13.1  11.3  10.6   9.2   9.3   8.1   Any illicit drug other    than marijuana*/.... 15.4  18.4  14.9  13.2  11.6  10.0   9.1   8.0   7.1   6.3  Selected illicit drugs:   Cocaine .............  1.9   5.2   6.7   6.2   4.3   3.4   2.8   1.9   1.4   1.3   Heroin ..............  0.4   0.2   0.3   0.2   0.2   0.2   0.3   0.2   0.2   0.3   LSD .................  2.3   2.3   1.6   1.7   1.8   1.8   1.8   1.9   1.9   2.0   Marijuana/hashish ... 27.1  33.7  25.7  23.4  21.0  18.0  16.7  14.0  13.8  11.9   PCP .................  ---   1.4   1.6   1.3   0.6   0.3   1.4   0.4   0.5   0.6 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 

*/Other illicit drugs include hallucinogens, cocaine, and heroin, or any other opiates, stimulants, sedatives, or tranquilizers not prescribed by a doctor.

NOTE: A revised questionnaire was used in 1982 and later years to reduce the inappropriate reporting of nonprescription stimulants. This slightly reduced the positive responses for some types of drug use.

SOURCE: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Monitoring the Future, press release dated April 9, 1993.