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Appendix B

Selected National Substance Abuse Indicators

Table B1. NSDUH: Percentage of Respondents Reporting Use of Specific Drugs in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month by Age Group, 2003 

Cocaine Lifetime Past Year Past Month
12-17   2.7 2.1 0.6
18-25 15.4 6.7 2.0
26 and older 15.9 1.8 0.7
12 and older 14.4 2.5 0.9
Crack Lifetime Past Year Past Month
12-17  0.7  0.4 0.1
18-25 3.8 0.9 0.2
26 and older 3.9 0.7 0.3
12 and older 3.6 0.7 0.2
Metham-
phetamine		 Lifetime Past Year Past Month
12-17 1.5  0.9 0.3
18-25 5.7 1.7 0.5
26 and older 5.7 0.4 0.2
12 and older 5.3  0.7 0.3
Marijuana Lifetime Past Year Past Month

12-17

 20.6 15.8   8.2
18-25 53.8 29.8 17.3
26 and older 40.8  7.0   4.0
12 and older 40.4 11.0   6.2
Heroin Lifetime Past Year Past Month
12-17 0.4 0.2 0.0
18-25 1.6 0.4 0.1
26 and older 1.7 0.1 0.1
18 and older 1.6 0.2 0.1
MDMA Lifetime Past Year Past Month
12-17  3.3 2.2 0.5
18-25 15.1 5.8 1.1
26 and older 2.6 0.5 0.1
18 and older 4.3 1.3 0.3
LSD Lifetime Past Year Past Month
12-17   2.7 1.3 0.2
18-25 15.9 1.8 0.1
26 and older 10.5 0.1 0.0
12 and older 10.4  0.4 0.0
PCP Lifetime Past Year Past Month
12-17 0.9 0.4 0.1
18-25 2.7 0.3 0.0
26 and older 3.5 0.0 0.0
12 and older 3.2 0.1 0.0

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002.

Note: Prior to 2002, the NSDUH was known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA). Because of methodological changes to the 2002 survey, 2002 NSDUH data generally should not be compared with 2001 and earlier NHSDA data.

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Table B2. MTF: Trends in Lifetime Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs
for Eighth, Tenth, and Twelfth Graders, 1998-2003 (%)

Cocaine 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
8th Grade  4.6  4.7  4.5 4.3   3.6 3.6 
10th Grade  7.2 7.7 6.9 5.7   6.1 5.1 
12th Grade 9.3  9.8  8.6  8.2  7.8 7.7 
Crack 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
8th Grade 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.5 2.5
10th Grade 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.1 3.6 2.7
12th Grade 4.4 4.6 3.9  3.7  3.8 3.6
Metham-
phetamine		 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
8th Grade  ---  4.5  4.2 4.4 3.5 3.9
10th Grade ---   7.3  6.9 6.4 6.1 5.2

12th Grade

 ---   8.2  7.9 6.9 6.7 6.2
Marijuana/
Hashish		 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 22.2  22.0 20.3 20.4  19.2 17.5

10th Grade

  39.6  40.9 40.3 40.1  38.7 36.4

12th Grade

  49.1  49.7  48.8 49.0   47.8  46.1
Heroin 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 2.3  2.3 1.9 1.7 1.6  1.6

10th Grade

 2.3  2.3 2.2 1.7 1.8  1.5

12th Grade

 2.0  2.0 2.4 1.8 1.7  1.5
MDMA 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 2.7 2.7     4.3     5.2     4.3 3.2

10th Grade

 5.1 6.0    7.3    8.0     6.6 5.4

12th Grade

 5.8 8.0  11.0 11.7   10.5  8.3
LSD 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

   4.1   4.1    3.9    3.4 2.5 2.1

10th Grade

  8.5   8.5    7.6    6.3 5.0 3.5

12th Grade

 12.6  12.2 11.1 10.9 8.4  5.9
PCP 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---

10th Grade

  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---

12th Grade

  3.9  3.4  3.4 3.5   3.1 2.5 

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Monitoring the Future Study, 2003.

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Table B3. MTF: Trends in Past Year Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs
for Eighth, Tenth, and Twelfth Graders, 1998-2003 (%)

Cocaine 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2

10th Grade

 4.7 4.9 4.4 3.6 4.0 3.3

12th Grade

 5.7 6.2 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.8
Crack 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 2.1  1.8  1.8 1.7  1.6  1.6

10th Grade

  2.5  2.4  2.2  1.8  2.3  1.6

12th Grade

  2.5  2.7  2.2  2.1  2.3  2.2
Metham-
phetamine		 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 ---  3.2  2.5  2.8  2.2  2.5

10th Grade

 ---  4.6  4.0  3.7  3.9  3.3

12th Grade

 ---  4.7  4.3  3.9  3.6  3.2
Marijuana/
Hashish		 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

  16.9  16.5  15.6  15.4  14.6  12.8

10th Grade

  31.1  32.1  32.2 32.7  30.3  28.2

12th Grade

  37.5  37.8  36.5  37.0  36.2  34.9
Heroin 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

  1.3  1.4  1.1 1.0  0.9 0.9

10th Grade

  1.4  1.4  1.4  0.9  1.1  0.7

12th Grade

  1.0  1.1  1.5  0.9  1.0  0.8
MDMA 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 1.8  1.7  3.1  3.5  2.9  2.1

10th Grade

 3.3  4.4  5.4  6.2  4.9  3.0

12th Grade

 3.6  5.6  8.2  9.2  7.4  4.5
LSD 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 2.8   2.4 2.4 2.2 1.5 1.3 

10th Grade

  5.9  6.0 5.1 4.1 2.6 1.7 

12th Grade

  7.6  8.1 6.6 6.6 3.5 1.9 
PCP 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 ---  --- --- --- --- ---

10th Grade

  --- --- --- --- --- ---

12th Grade

  2.1 1.8  2.3 1.8 1.1 1.3
 

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Monitoring the Future Study, 2003.

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Table B4. MTF: Trends in Current Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs
for Eighth, Tenth, and Twelfth Graders, 1998-2003 (%)

Cocaine 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

  1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.9

10th Grade

  2.1 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.3

12th Grade

  2.4  2.6 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.1
Crack 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

  0.9  0.8 0.8  0.8  0.8  0.7

10th Grade

  1.1  0.8 0.9  0.7  1.0  0.7

12th Grade

  1.0  1.1 1.0  1.1  1.2  0.9
Metham-
phetamine		 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

  ---  1.1  0.8  1.3  1.1  1.2

10th Grade

  ---  1.8  2.0  1.5  1.8  1.4

12th Grade

  ---  1.7  1.9  1.5  1.7  1.7
Marijuana/
Hashish		 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

    9.7    9.7    9.1    9.2    8.3    7.5

10th Grade

  18.7  19.4  19.7  19.8  17.8  17.0

12th Grade

  22.8  23.1  21.6  22.4  21.5  21.2
Heroin 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 0.6 0.6   0.5 0.6 0.5   0.4

10th Grade

 0.7 0.7   0.5  0.3 0.5   0.3

12th Grade

 0.5 0.5   0.7  0.4 0.5   0.4
MDMA 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

  0.9  0.8  1.4 1.8 1.4  0.7

10th Grade

  1.3  1.8  2.6 2.6 1.8  1.1

12th Grade

  1.5  2.5  3.6 2.8 2.4  1.3
LSD 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 1.1  1.1  1.0 1.0   0.7  0.6

10th Grade

  2.7  2.3  1.6 1.5  0.7  0.6

12th Grade

  3.2  2.7  1.6  2.3  0.7  0.6
PCP 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

8th Grade

 --- --- --- --- --- ---

10th Grade

 --- --- --- --- --- ---

12th Grade

  1.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.6
 

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Monitoring the Future Study, 2003.

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Table B5. PRIDE: Percentage of Past Year Drug Use by Junior and Senior High School Students and Twelfth Graders, 1998-1999 through 2002-2003 School Years

Cocaine 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003
Junior High  2.7  2.2  2.1  2.1  3.1
Senior High  6.1  5.3  5.5  5.1  6.3
12th Grade  8.0  7.1  7.9  7.1  8.6
Marijuana 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003
Junior High  11.0    9.2    9.3   8.3  11.7
Senior High  32.3  31.4  32.3  29.4  30.0
12th Grade  37.8  38.0  39.0  35.7  35.5
Heroin 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003
Junior High 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.5 2.3
Senior High 3.1 2.9 3.2 2.9 3.8
12th Grade 3.6 3.2 4.4 3.7 5.0

Source: Parents’ Resource Institute for Drug Education.

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Table B6. PRIDE: Percentage of Current Drug Use by Junior and Senior High School Students and Twelfth Graders, 1998-1999 through 2002-2003 School Years

Cocaine 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003
Junior High  1.5 1.3  1.2  1.3 1.9
Senior High  3.2  2.9  3.0  2.7  3.8
12th Grade  4.1  3.6  4.2  3.8  5.3
Marijuana 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003
Junior High     6.5     5.2    5.3     4.7    7.1
Senior High  20.3  19.3  20.5  18.5  19.1
12th Grade  23.1  23.4  24.2  21.9  22.9
Heroin 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003
Junior High  1.2 1.1  1.0  1.0 1.6
Senior High  2.0  1.9  2.1  1.8  2.6
12th Grade  2.4  2.1  2.8  2.4  3.6

Source: Parents’ Resource Institute for Drug Education.

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Table B7. DAWN: Estimated Number of Emergency Department Drug Mentions and Mentions of Selected Drugs by Year, 1995-2002

   1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total Mentions
(all drugs)		 899,977 906,078 941,627 981,286  1,013,688  1,098,915  1,165,148  1,209,938
 
Drug Mentions
(specific drugs)		 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Cocaine 135,711 152,420 161,083   172,011  168,751  174,881 193,034  199,198
Methamphetamine 15,933 11,002  17,154  11,486  10,477  13,505 14,923  17,696
Marijuana 45,259 53,770  64,720 76,842 87,068 96,426 110,512 119,472

Heroin

 69,556 72,980  70,712 75,688 82,192 94,804 93,064 93,519
MDMA 421 319  637 1,143 2,850 4,511 5,542 4,026
GHB* 145 683  762 1,282 3,178 4,969 3,340 3,330
Ketamine -- 81  -- 2,09 396 263 679 260
Rohypnol -- --  -- -- -- -- -- --
LSD 5,682 4,569  5,219 4,982 5,126 4,016 2,821 891
PCP 5,963 3,441  3,626 3,436 3,663 5,404 6,102 7,648