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Monitoring the Future Survey - Trends in Illicit Drug Use

1991-2007 Lifetime Usage Data

  (All numbers are precentages)

Usage Selection:   Lifetime   |   Annual   |   30 Day   |   Daily

Drug Name Grade 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Alcohol (Any Use) 8th 70.1 69.3 55.7 55.8 54.5 55.3 53.8 52.5 52.1 51.7 50.5 47.0 45.6 43.9 41 40.5 38.9
10th 83.8 82.3 71.6 71.1 70.5 71.8 72.0 69.8 70.6 71.4 70.1 66.9 66.0 64.2 63.2 61.5 61.7
12th 88.0 87.5 80.0 80.4 80.7 79.2 81.7 81.4 80.0 80.3 79.7 78.4 76.6 76.8 75.1 72.7 72.2
Flavored Alcoholic Beverages 8th 37.9 35.5 35.5 34.0
10th 58.6 55.8 58.1 55.7
12th 71.0 73.6 69.9 68.4
Been Drunk 8th 26.7 26.8 26.4 25.9 25.3 26.8 25.2 24.8 24.8 25.1 23.4 21.3 20.3 19.9 19.5 19.5 17.9
10th 50.0 47.7 47.9 47.2 46.9 48.5 49.4 46.7 48.9 49.3 48.2 44.0 42.4 42.3 42.1 41.4 41.2
12th 65.4 63.4 62.5 62.9 63.2 61.8 64.2 62.4 62.3 62.3 63.9 61.6 58.1 60.3 57.5 56.4 55.1
5+ Drinks in a Row (in last 2 weeks) 8th
10th
12th
Amphetamines 8th 10.5 10.8 11.8 12.3 13.1 13.5 12.3 11.3 10.7 9.9 10.2 8.7 8.4 7.5 7.4 7.3 6.5
10th 13.2 13.1 14.9 15.1 17.4 17.7 17.0 16.0 15.7 15.7 16.0 14.9 13.1 11.9 11.1 11.2 11.1
12th 15.4 13.9 15.1 15.7 15.3 15.3 16.5 16.4 16.3 15.6 16.2 16.8 14.4 15.0 13.1 12.4 11.4
Any Illicit Drug 8th 18.7 20.6 22.5 25.7 28.5 31.2 29.4 29.0 28.3 26.8 26.8 24.5 22.8 21.5 21.4 20.9 19.0
10th 30.6 29.8 32.8 37.4 40.9 45.4 47.3 44.9 46.2 45.6 45.6 44.6 41.4 39.8 38.2 36.1 35.6
12th 44.1 40.7 42.9 45.6 48.4 50.8 54.3 54.1 54.7 54.0 53.9 53.0 51.1 51.1 50.4 48.2 46.8
Any Illicit Drug Including Inhalants 8th 28.5 29.6 32.3 35.1 38.1 39.4 38.1 37.8 37.2 35.1 34.5 31.6 30.3 30.2 30 29.9 27.7
10th 36.1 36.2 38.7 42.7 45.9 49.8 50.9 49.3 49.9 49.3 48.8 47.7 44.9 43.1 42.1 40.1 39.8
12th 47.6 44.4 46.6 49.1 51.5 53.5 56.3 56.1 56.3 57.0 56.0 54.6 52.8 53.0 53.5 51.2 49.1
Any Illicit Drug Other Than Marijuana 8th 14.3 15.6 16.8 17.5 18.8 19.2 17.7 16.9 16.3 15.8 17.0 13.7 13.6 12.2 12.1 12.2 11.1
10th 19.1 19.2 20.9 21.7 24.3 25.5 25.0 23.6 24.0 23.1 23.6 22.1 19.7 18.8 18 17.5 18.2
12th 26.9 25.1 26.7 27.6 28.1 28.5 30.0 29.4 29.4 29.0 30.7 29.5 27.7 28.7 27.4 26.9 25.5
Bidis 8th
10th
12th
Cigarettes (Any Use) 8th 44.0 45.2 45.3 46.1 46.4 49.2 47.3 45.7 44.1 40.5 36.6 31.4 28.4 27.9 25.9 24.6 22.1
10th 55.1 53.5 56.3 56.9 57.6 61.2 60.2 57.7 57.6 55.1 52.8 47.4 43.0 40.7 38.9 36.1 34.6
12th 63.1 61.8 61.9 62.0 64.2 63.5 65.4 65.3 64.6 62.5 61.0 57.2 53.7 52.8 50 47.1 46.2
Smokeless Tobacco 8th 22.2 20.7 18.7 19.9 20.0 20.4 16.8 15.0 14.4 12.8 11.7 11.2 11.3 11.0 10.1 10.2 9.1
10th 28.2 26.6 28.1 29.2 27.6 27.4 26.3 22.7 20.4 19.1 19.5 16.9 14.6 13.8 14.5 15.0 15.1
12th 32.4 31.0 30.7 30.9 29.8 25.3 26.2 23.4 23.1 19.7 18.3 17.0 16.7 17.5 15.2 15.1
Cigarettes (at least 1/2 pack a day) 8th
10th
12th
Cocaine 8th 2.3 2.9 2.9 3.6 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.1
10th 4.1 3.3 3.6 4.3 5.0 6.5 7.1 7.2 7.7 6.9 5.7 6.1 5.1 5.4 5.2 4.8 5.3
12th 7.8 6.1 6.1 5.9 6.0 7.1 8.7 9.3 9.8 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.7 8.1 8 8.5 7.8
Crack 8th 1.3 1.6 1.7 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.7 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.1
10th 1.7 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.8 3.3 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.1 3.6 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.3
12th 3.1 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.9 4.4 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.2
Other Cocaine 8th 2.0 2.4 2.4 3.0 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.6
10th 3.8 3.0 3.3 3.8 4.4 5.5 6.1 6.4 6.8 6.0 5.0 5.2 4.5 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.8
12th 7.0 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 6.4 8.2 8.4 8.8 7.7 7.4 7.0 6.7 7.3 7.1 7.9 6.8
GHB 8th
10th
12th
Hallucinogens 8th 3.2 3.8 3.9 4.3 5.2 5.9 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.6 5.2 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.8 3.4 3.1
10th 6.1 6.4 6.8 8.1 9.3 10.5 10.5 9.8 9.7 8.9 8.9 7.8 6.9 6.4 5.8 6.1 6.4
12th 9.6 9.2 10.9 11.4 12.7 14.0 15.1 14.1 13.7 13.0 14.7 12.0 10.6 9.7 8.8 8.3 8.4
Hallucinogens Other Than LSD 8th 1.4 1.7 1.7 2.2 2.5 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.6
10th 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.8 3.9 4.7 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.8 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.8 5.2 5.5 5.7
12th 3.7 3.3 3.9 4.9 5.4 6.8 7.5 7.1 6.7 6.9 10.4 9.2 9.0 8.7 8.1 7.8 7.7
Heroin 8th 1.2 1.4 1.4 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3
10th 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5
12th 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.4 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5
Heroin With a Needle 8th 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 1 1.0 0.9
10th 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
12th 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7
Heroin Without a Needle 8th 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7
10th 1.1 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1
12th 1.4 1.7 2.1 1.6 1.8 2.4 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.4
Ice 8th
10th
12th 3.3 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.4 4.4 5.3 4.8 4.0 4.1 4.7 3.9 4.0 4 3.4 3.4
Inhalants 8th 17.6 17.4 19.4 19.9 21.6 21.2 21.0 20.5 19.7 17.9 17.1 15.2 15.8 17.3 17.1 16.1 15.6
10th 15.7 16.6 17.5 18.0 19.0 19.3 18.3 18.3 17.0 16.6 15.2 13.5 12.7 12.4 13.1 13.3 13.6
12th 17.6 16.6 17.4 17.7 17.4 16.6 16.1 15.2 15.4 14.2 13.0 11.7 11.2 10.9 11.4 11.1 10.5
Ketamine 8th
10th
12th
Kreteks 8th
10th
12th
LSD 8th 2.7 3.2 3.5 3.7 4.4 5.1 4.7 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.4 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.6
10th 5.6 5.8 6.2 7.2 8.4 9.4 9.5 8.5 8.5 7.6 6.3 5.0 3.5 2.8 2.5 2.7 3.0
12th 8.8 8.6 10.3 10.5 11.7 12.6 13.6 12.6 12.2 11.1 10.9 8.4 5.9 4.6 3.5 3.3 3.4
Marijuana/Hashish 8th 10.2 11.2 12.6 16.7 19.9 23.1 22.6 22.2 22.0 20.3 20.4 19.2 17.5 16.3 16.5 15.7 14.2
10th 23.4 21.4 24.4 30.4 34.1 39.8 42.3 39.6 40.9 40.3 40.1 38.7 36.4 35.1 34.1 31.8 31.0
12th 36.7 32.6 35.3 38.2 41.7 44.9 49.6 49.1 49.7 48.8 49.0 47.8 46.1 45.7 44.8 42.3 41.8
MDMA (Ecstasy) 8th 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.7 4.3 5.2 4.3 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.3
10th 5.6 5.7 5.1 6.0 7.3 8.0 6.6 5.4 4.3 4 4.5 5.2
12th 6.1 6.9 5.8 8.0 11.0 11.7 10.5 8.3 7.5 5.4 6.5 6.5
Methamphetamine 8th 4.5 4.2 4.4 3.5 3.9 2.5 3.1 2.7 1.8
10th 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.1 5.2 5.3 4.1 3.2 2.8
12th 8.2 7.9 6.9 6.7 6.2 6.2 4.5 4.4 3.0
Methaqualone 8th
10th
12th 1.3 1.6 0.8 1.4 1.2 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.8 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.0
Nitrites 8th
10th
12th 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.7 1.7 0.8 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2
Other Narcotics 8th
10th
12th 6.6 6.1 6.4 6.6 7.2 8.2 9.7 9.8 10.2 10.6 9.9 13.5 13.2 13.5 12.8 13.4 13.1
OxyContin 8th
10th
12th
PCP 8th
10th
12th 2.9 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.7 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.1 2.5 1.6 2.4 2.2 2.1
Ritalin 8th
10th
12th
Rohypnol 8th 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0
10th 1.5 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.2 1 0.8 1.3
12th 1.2 1.8 3.0 2.0 1.5 1.7
Sedatives (Barbituates) 8th
10th
12th 6.2 5.5 6.3 7.0 7.4 7.6 8.1 8.7 8.9 9.2 8.7 9.5 8.8 9.9 10.5 10.2 9.3
Steroids 8th 1.9 1.7 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 2.3 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5
10th 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.4 2 1.8 1.8
12th 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.3 1.9 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.5 3.7 4.0 3.5 3.4 2.6 2.7 2.2
Tranquilizers 8th 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.4 5.0 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.3 3.9
10th 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.4 6.0 7.1 7.3 7.8 7.9 8.0 9.2 8.8 7.8 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.4
12th 7.2 6.0 6.4 6.6 7.1 7.2 7.8 8.5 9.3 8.9 10.3 11.4 10.2 10.6 9.9 10.3 9.5
Vicodin 8th
10th
12th
OTC Cough/Cold Medicines 8th
10th
12th

All data taken from the 2007 Monitoring the Future Survey, by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.