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LIFETIME DRUG USE TRENDS: HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS: 1975-2000
| DRUG |
Year of Highest Use (%) | Year of Lowest Use (%) | 1999 Use (%) | Current (2000) Use (%) | 1999-2000 % Change1 |
| Any Illicit Drug | 1981 (65.4) | 1992 (40.7) | 54.7 | 54.0 | -0.7 |
| Cannabis | 1979 (60.4) | 1992 (32.6) | 49.7 | 48.8 |
-0.9 |
| Cocaine hcl | 1985 (17.3) | 1994 (5.9) | 9.8 | 8.6 |
-1.2 |
| Crack Cocaine | 1987,1999 (4.6) | 1992-93 (2.6) | 4.6 | 3.9 | -0.7 |
| Inhalants 2 | 1990 (18) | 1976 (10.3) | 16.0 | 14.2 |
-1.8 |
| Hallucinogens | 1975 (16.3) | 1988 (8.9) | 13.7 | 13.0 |
-0.7 |
| PCP3 | 1979 (12.8) | 1992 (2.4) | 3.4 | 3.4 | no change |
| Stimulants4 Crystal Meth5 |
1981 (32.2) 1998 ( 8.2) |
1992 (13.9) 1990 (2.7) |
16.3 8.2 |
15.6 7.9 |
-0.7 -0.3 |
| Heroin | 1975 ( 2.2) | 1991 (0.9) | 2.0 | 2.4 |
no change |
| Alcohol6 | 1980 (93.2) | 1993 (80.0) | 80.0 | 80.2 |
0.2 |
| Alcohol: 5+drinks in last 2 weeks | 1979, 1980 (41.2) | 1993 (27.5) | 30.8 | 30.0 | -0.8 |
| Barbiturates | 1975 (16.9) | 1992 (5.5) | 8.9 | 9.2 |
+0.3 |
| Tranquilizers | 1977 (18.0) | 1992 (6.0) | 9.3 | 8.9 |
-.04 |
| MDMA (Ecstasy) | 2000 (11.0) | 1998 (5.8) | 8.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 |
SOURCE: "Monitoring the Future Study,"
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 1999. 2 Data based on four of five forms in 1976-88; N is four-fifths of N indicated.
Data based on five of six forms in 1989-98; N is five-sixths of N indicated. 3 A specific question regarding PCP has only been included in the survey since
1979. Data based on one form; N is one-fifth of N indicated in 1979-88 and one-sixth of N
indicated in 1989-98. Question text changed slightly in 1987. 4 Beginning in 1982 the question about stimulant use (i.e., amphetamines) was
revised to get respondents to exclude the inappropriate reporting of non-prescription
stimulants. The prevalence rate dropped slightly as a result of this methodological
change. In addition, the name of this category was changed in 1999 from
"stimulants" to "amphetamines." Only drug use which was not under a
doctor’s orders is included here. 5 A specific question regarding methamphetamine has only been included in the
survey since 1990. 6 Data here is for the years 1993-1999 only. A change in the question in 1993
makes comparison with earlier years virtually impossible.
1 Reported as the change in actual percentage points.