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Monitoring the Future Survey - Trends in Illicit Drug Use

1991-2007 Annual 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 54.0 53.7 45.4 46.8 45.3 46.5 45.5 43.7 43.5 43.1 41.9 38.7 37.2 36.7 33.9 33.6 31.8
10th 72.3 70.2 63.4 63.9 63.5 65.0 65.2 62.7 63.7 65.3 63.5 60.0 59.3 58.2 56.7 55.8 56.3
12th 77.7 76.8 72.7 73.0 73.7 72.5 74.8 74.3 73.8 73.2 73.3 71.5 70.1 70.6 68.6 66.5 66.4
Flavored Alcoholic Beverages 8th 30.4 27.9 26.8 26.0
10th 49.7 48.5 48.8 45.9
12th 55.2 55.8 58.4 54.7 53.6
Been Drunk 8th 17.5 18.3 18.2 18.2 18.4 19.8 18.4 17.9 18.5 18.5 16.6 15.0 14.5 14.5 14.1 13.9 12.6
10th 40.1 37.0 37.8 38.0 38.5 40.1 40.7 38.3 40.9 41.6 39.9 35.4 34.7 35.1 34.2 34.5 34.4
12th 52.7 50.3 49.6 51.7 52.5 51.9 53.2 52.0 53.2 51.8 53.2 50.4 48.0 51.8 47.7 47.9 46.1
5+ Drinks in a Row (in last 2 weeks) 8th
10th
12th
Amphetamines 8th 6.2 6.5 7.2 7.9 8.7 9.1 8.1 7.2 6.9 6.5 6.7 5.5 5.5 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.2
10th 8.2 8.2 9.6 10.2 11.9 12.4 12.1 10.7 10.4 11.1 11.7 10.7 9.0 8.5 7.8 7.9 8.0
12th 8.2 7.1 8.4 9.4 9.3 9.5 10.2 10.1 10.2 10.5 10.9 11.1 9.9 10.0 8.6 8.1 7.5
Any Illicit Drug 8th 11.3 12.9 15.1 18.5 21.4 23.6 22.1 21.0 20.5 19.5 19.5 17.7 16.1 15.2 15.5 14.8 13.2
10th 21.4 20.4 24.7 30.0 33.3 37.5 38.5 35.0 35.9 36.4 37.2 34.8 32.0 31.1 29.8 28.7 28.1
12th 29.4 27.1 31.0 35.8 39.0 40.2 42.4 41.4 42.1 40.9 41.4 41.0 39.3 38.8 38.4 36.5 35.9
Any Illicit Drug Including Inhalants 8th 16.7 18.2 21.1 24.2 27.1 28.7 27.2 26.2 25.3 24.0 23.9 21.4 20.4 20.2 20.4 19.7 18.0
10th 23.9 23.5 27.4 32.5 35.6 39.6 40.3 37.1 37.7 38.0 38.7 36.1 33.5 32.9 31.7 30.7 30.2
12th 31.2 28.8 32.5 37.6 40.2 41.9 43.3 42.4 42.8 42.5 42.6 42.1 40.5 39.1 40.3 38.0 37.0
Any Illicit Drug Other Than Marijuana 8th 8.4 9.3 10.4 11.3 12.6 13.1 11.8 11.0 10.5 10.2 10.8 8.8 8.8 7.9 8.1 7.7 7.0
10th 12.2 12.3 13.9 15.2 17.5 18.4 18.2 16.6 16.7 16.7 17.9 15.7 13.8 13.5 12.9 12.7 13.1
12th 16.2 14.9 17.1 18.0 19.4 19.8 20.7 20.2 20.7 20.4 21.6 20.9 19.8 20.5 19.7 19.2 18.5
Bidis 8th 3.9 2.7 2.7 2.0 1.7 1.6
10th 6.4 4.9 3.1 2.8 2.1 1.6
12th 9.2 7.0 5.9 4.0 3.6 3.3 2.3 1.7
Cigarettes (Any Use) 8th
10th
12th
Smokeless Tobacco 8th
10th
12th
Cigarettes (at least 1/2 pack a day) 8th
10th
12th
Cocaine 8th 1.1 1.5 1.7 2.1 2.6 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.0
10th 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.8 3.5 4.2 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.4 3.6 4.0 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.4
12th 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.9 5.5 5.7 6.2 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.3 5.1 5.7 5.2
Crack 8th 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.7 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3
10th 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.8 2.3 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.3 1.3
12th 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.3 1.9 2.1 1.9
Other Cocaine 8th 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5
10th 2.1 1.7 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.5 4.1 4.0 4.4 3.8 3.0 3.4 2.8 3.3 3 2.9 3.1
12th 3.2 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.4 4.2 5.0 4.9 5.8 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.7 4.5 5.2 4.5
GHB 8th 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7
10th 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6
12th 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.4 2.0 1.1 1.1 0.9
Hallucinogens 8th 1.9 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.6 4.1 3.7 3.4 2.9 2.8 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.1 1.9
10th 4.0 4.3 4.7 5.8 7.2 7.8 7.6 6.9 6.9 6.1 6.2 4.7 4.1 4.1 4 4.1 4.4
12th 5.8 5.9 7.4 7.6 9.3 10.1 9.8 9.0 9.4 8.1 9.1 6.6 5.9 6.2 5.5 4.9 5.4
Hallucinogens Other Than LSD 8th 0.7 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.4 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.9 2 1.8 1.6
10th 1.3 1.4 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.1 4.3 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8
12th 2.0 1.7 2.2 3.1 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.4 5.9 5.4 5.4 5.6 5 4.6 4.8
Heroin 8th 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8
10th 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
12th 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.5 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9
Heroin With a Needle 8th 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6
10th 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
12th 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4
Heroin Without a Needle 8th 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
10th 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
12th 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.0
Ice 8th
10th
12th 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.8 2.4 2.8 2.3 3.0 1.9 2.2 2.5 3.0 2.0 2.1 2.3 1.9 1.6
Inhalants 8th 9.0 9.5 11.0 11.7 12.8 12.2 11.8 11.1 10.3 9.4 9.1 7.7 8.7 9.6 9.5 9.1 8.3
10th 7.1 7.5 8.4 9.1 9.6 9.5 8.7 8.0 7.2 7.3 6.6 5.8 5.4 5.9 6 6.5 6.6
12th 6.6 6.2 7.0 7.7 8.0 7.6 6.7 6.2 5.6 5.9 4.5 4.5 3.9 4.2 5 4.5 3.7
Ketamine 8th 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.0
10th 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.9 1.3 1 1.0 0.8
12th 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.3
Kreteks 8th 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.9 1.4
10th 6.0 4.9 3.8 3.7 2.8
12th 10.1 8.4 6.7 6.5 7.1 6.2 6.8
LSD 8th 1.7 2.1 2.3 2.4 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.1
10th 3.7 4.0 4.2 5.2 6.5 6.9 6.7 5.9 6.0 5.1 4.1 2.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.9
12th 5.2 5.6 6.8 6.9 8.4 8.8 8.4 7.6 8.1 6.6 6.6 3.5 1.9 2.2 1.8 1.7 2.1
Marijuana/Hashish 8th 6.2 7.2 9.2 13.0 15.8 18.3 17.7 16.9 16.5 15.6 15.4 14.6 12.8 11.8 12.2 11.7 10.3
10th 16.5 15.2 19.2 25.2 28.7 33.6 34.8 31.1 32.1 32.2 32.7 30.3 28.2 27.5 26.6 25.2 24.6
12th 23.9 21.9 26.0 30.7 34.7 35.8 38.5 37.5 37.8 36.5 37.0 36.2 34.9 34.3 33.6 31.5 31.7
MDMA (Ecstasy) 8th 2.3 2.3 1.8 1.7 3.1 3.5 2.9 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5
10th 4.6 3.9 3.3 4.4 5.4 6.2 4.9 3.0 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.5
12th 4.6 4.0 3.6 5.6 8.2 9.2 7.4 4.5 4.0 3 4.1 4.5
Methamphetamine 8th 3.2 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.5 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.1
10th 4.6 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.9 1.8 1.6
12th 4.7 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.4 2.5 2.5 1.7
Methaqualone 8th
10th
12th 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.5
Nitrites 8th
10th
12th 0.9 0.5 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.8
Other Narcotics 8th
10th
12th 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.8 4.7 5.4 6.2 6.3 6.7 7.0 6.7 9.4 9.3 9.5 9 9.0 9.2
OxyContin 8th 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.6 1.8
10th 3.0 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.8 3.9
12th 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 4.3 5.2
PCP 8th
10th
12th 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.8 2.3 1.8 1.1 1.3 0.7 1.3 0.7 0.9
Ritalin 8th 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.1
10th 4.8 4.8 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.6 2.8
12th 5.1 4.0 4.0 5.1 4.4 4.4 3.8
Rohypnol 8th 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7
10th 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7
12th 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.1 1.0
Sedatives (Barbituates) 8th
10th
12th 3.4 2.8 3.4 4.1 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.5 5.8 6.2 5.7 6.7 6.0 6.5 7.2 6.6 6.2
Steroids 8th 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8
10th 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.7 2.2 2.1 2.2 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.1
12th 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.7 2.4 2.5 2.1 2.5 1.5 1.8 1.4
Tranquilizers 8th 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.4
10th 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.3 4.0 4.6 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.6 7.3 6.3 5.3 5.1 4.8 5.2 5.3
12th 3.6 2.8 3.5 3.7 4.4 4.6 4.7 5.5 5.8 5.7 6.9 7.7 6.7 7.3 6.8 6.6 6.2
Vicodin 8th 2.5 2.8 2.5 4.9 3.0 2.7
10th 6.9 7.2 6.2 7.8 7.0 7.2
12th 9.6 10.5 9.3 8.6 9.7 9.6
OTC Cough/Cold Medicines 8th 4.2 4.0
10th 5.3 5.4
12th 6.9 5.8

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