Table 2

Long-Term Trends in Lifetime Prevalence of Various Types of Drugs for Twelfth Graders

Percent ever used

Class
of 1975
Class
of 1976
Class
of 1977
Class
of 1978
Class
of 1979
Class
of 1980
Class
of 1981
Class
of 1982
Class
of 1983
Class
of 1984
Class
of 1985
Class
of 1986
Class
of 1987
Class
of 1988
Class
of 1989
Class
of 1990
Class
of 1991
Class
of 1992
Class
of 1993
Class
of 1994
Class
of 1995
Class
of 1996
Class
of 1997
Class
of 1998
'97-'98 change
Approx. N= 9400 15400 17100 17800 15500 15900 17500 17700 16300 15900 16000 15200 16300 16300 16700 15200 15000 15800 16300 15400 15400 14300 15400 15200
Any Illicit Drug (a,b) 55.2 58.3 61.6 64.1 65.1 65.4 65.6 64.4 62.9 61.6 60.6 57.6 56.6 53.9 50.9 47.9 44.1 40.7 42.9 45.6 48.4 50.8 54.3 54.1 -0.2
Any Illicit Drug
Other Than
Marijuana (a,b)
36.2 35.4 35.8 36.5 37.4 38.7 42.8 41.1 40.4 40.3 39.7 37.7 35.8 32.5 31.4 29.4 26.9 25.1 26.7 27.6 28.1 28.5 30.0 29.4 -0.6
Marijuana/Hashish 47.3 52.8 56.4 59.2 60.4 60.3 59.5 58.7 57.0 54.9 54.2 50.9 50.2 47.2 43.7 40.7 36.7 32.6 35.3 38.2 41.7 44.9 49.6 49.1 -0.5
Inhalants (c) -- 10.3 11.1 12.0 12.7 11.9 12.3 12.8 13.6 14.4 15.4 15.9 17.0 16.7 17.6 18.0 17.6 16.6 17.4 17.7 17.4 16.6 16.1 15.2 -0.9
Inhalants(c)--10.311.112.0 12.711.912.312.813.614.4 15.415.917.016.717.618.0 17.616.617.417.717.416.616.115.2-0.9
Inhalants,
Adjusted (c,d)
-- -- -- -- 18.2 17.3 17.2 17.7 18.2 18.0 18.1 20.1 18.6 17.5 18.6 18.5 18.0 17.0 17.7 18.3 17.8 17.5 16.9 16.5 -0.4
Amyl/Butyl
Nitrites (e,f)
-- -- -- -- 11.1 11.1 10.1 9.8 8.4 8.1 7.9 8.6 4.7 3.2 3.3 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.7 +0.7
Hallucinogens 16.3 15.1 13.9 14.3 14.1 13.3 13.3 12.5 11.9 10.7 10.3 9.7 10.3 8.9 9.4 9.4 9.6 9.2 10.9 11.4 12.7 14.0 15.1 14.1 -1.0
Hallucinogens,
Adjusted (g)
-- -- -- -- 17.7 15.6 15.3 14.3 13.6 12.3 12.1 11.9 10.6 9.2 9.9 9.7 10.0 9.4 11.3 11.7 13.1 14.5 15.4 14.4 -1.0
LSD 11.3 11.0 9.8 9.7 9.5 9.3 9.8 9.6 8.9 8.0 7.5 7.2 8.4 7.7 8.3 8.7 8.8 8.6 10.3 10.5 11.7 12.6 13.6 12.6 -1.0
PCP (e,f) -- -- -- -- 12.8 9.6 7.8 6.0 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.8 3.0 2.9 3.9 2.8 2.9 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.7 4.0 3.9 3.9 0.0
MDMA (Ecstasy) (e) ------------ ------------------ ------------6.16.95.8-1.1
Cocaine 9.0 9.7 10.8 12.9 15.4 15.7 16.5 16.0 16.2 16.1 17.3 16.9 15.2 12.1 10.3 9.4 7.8 6.1 6.1 5.9 6.0 7.1 8.7 9.3 +0.6
Crack (h) ------------ ------------ 5.4 4.8 4.7 3.5 3.1 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.9 4.4 +0.5
Other Cocaine (i) ------------ ------------ 14.0 12.1 8.5 8.6 7.0 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 6.4 8.2 8.4 +0.2
Heroin (j) 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.1 2.0 -0.1
Other Opiates (k) 9.0 9.6 10.3 9.9 10.1 9.8 10.1 9.6 9.4 9.7 10.2 9.0 9.2 8.6 8.3 8.3 6.6 6.1 6.4 6.6 7.2 8.2 9.7 9.8 +0.1
Stimulants (b,k) 22.3 22.6 23.0 22.9 24.2 26.4 32.2 27.9 26.9 27.9 26.2 23.4 21.6 19.8 19.1 17.5 15.4 13.9 15.1 15.7 15.3 15.3 16.5 16.4 -0.1
Crystal Meth.
(Ice) (l)
------------ ------------ -- -- -- 2.7 3.3 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.4 4.4 5.3 +0.9
Sedatives (k,m) 18.2 17.7 17.4 16.0 14.6 14.9 16.0 15.2 14.4 13.3 11.8 10.4 8.7 7.8 7.4 7.5 6.7 6.1 6.4 7.3 7.6 8.2 8.7 9.2 +0.5
Barbiturates (k) 16.9 16.2 15.6 13.7 11.8 11.0 11.3 10.3 9.9 9.9 9.2 8.4 7.4 6.7 6.5 6.8 6.2 5.5 6.3 7.0 7.4 7.6 8.1 8.7 +0.6
Methaqualone (k,m) 8.1 7.8 8.5 7.9 8.3 9.5 10.6 10.7 10.1 8.3 6.7 5.2 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.3 1.3 1.6 0.8 1.4 1.2 2.0 1.7 1.6 -0.1
Tranquilizers (k) 17.0 16.8 18.0 17.0 16.3 15.2 14.7 14.0 13.3 12.4 11.9 10.9 10.9 9.4 7.6 7.2 7.2 6.0 6.4 6.6 7.1 7.2 7.8 8.5 +0.7
Alcohol (n) 90.4 91.9 92.5 93.1 93.0 93.2 92.6 92.8 92.6 92.6 92.2 91.3 92.2 92.0 90.7 89.5 88.0 87.5 87.0 ------------
80.0 80.4 80.7 79.2 81.7 81.4 -0.3
Been Drunk (l) ------------ ------------------ -- 65.4 63.4 62.5 62.9 63.2 61.8 64.2 62.4 -1.8
Cigarettes 73.6 75.4 75.7 75.3 74.0 71.0 71.0 70.1 70.6 69.7 68.8 67.6 67.2 66.4 65.7 64.4 63.1 61.8 61.9 62.0 64.2 63.5 65.4 65.3 -0.1
Smokeless
Tobacco (e,o)
------------ ---------- 31.4 32.2 30.4 29.2 -- -- 32.4 31.0 30.7 30.9 29.8 25.3 26.2 +0.9
Steroids (l) ------------ ---------- -- -- -- 3.0 2.9 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.3 1.9 2.4 2.7 +0.3

NOTES: Level of significance of differences between the two most recent classes: s=.05; ss=.01; sss=.001.
"--" indicates data not available.

SOURCE: The Monitoring the Future Study, the University of Michigan.
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