1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
70617 (74B) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 37.Percentages of Past Month Users of Cigarettes or Alcohol
in the U.S. Population Aged 12 to 17 Reporting Past Month Use of Illicit
Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco, by Levels of Past Month Cigarette and Alcohol
Use: 1995 and 1996
USE OF CIGARETTES OR ALCOHOL IN PAST MONTH
Cigarette Use In Past Month
Level of Alcohol Use In Past Month
Any Use
No Use
Heavy Use3
"Binge" Use But Not Heavy Use3
Use But Not
"Binge" Use3
No Use
Drug
1995
1996
1995
1996
1995
1996
1995
1996
1995
1996
1995
1996
Any Illicit Drug1
35.3
32.5
4.7
3.8
54.9
51.1
49.1
47.4
27.0
25.3
4.3a
3.2
Marijuana and Hashish
29.2
27.8
2.9
2.5
*
44.9
43.3
43.1
21.1
19.8
2.4
2.0
Cocaine
3.2
2.4
0.2
0.2
*
7.1
4.9
3.8
*
0.8
0.2
0.1
Crack
0.9
1.1
*
0.0
*
5.0
0.8
*
0.2
*
0.1
0.0
Inhalants
7.1
6.7
0.9
0.6
13.1
13.4
8.5
14.0
4.5
4.2
1.0b
0.4
Hallucinogens
6.9
8.2
0.4
0.6
20.8
16.5
9.5
15.5
3.8
4.8
0.4
0.5
PCP
0.2
0.7
0.1
0.0
2.4
*
*
*
*
0.3
0.0
*
LSD
3.5
3.1
0.2
0.3
*
8.1
3.9
5.3
1.9
1.7
0.2
0.2
Heroin
0.9
0.3
0.0
0.1
*
*
*
*
0.2
*
0.2
0.0
Nonmedical Use of Any
Psychotherapeutic2
4.3
5.7
0.9
1.0
6.6
11.3
4.2a
12.7
2.9
3.7
1.0
0.8
Stimulants
1.7
2.1
0.2
0.2
*
5.3
1.4
6.3
0.6
0.7
0.3
0.1
Sedatives
1.0
0.6
0.1
0.1
*
2.2
*
*
0.9
*
0.2
0.1
Tranquilizers
0.6
0.6
0.1
0.1
*
1.6
*
*
0.8
*
0.1
0.0
Analgesics
3.1
4.0
0.8
0.9
4.9
6.6
2.8a
8.9
2.3
3.1
0.9
0.7
Any Illicit Drug
Other than Marijuana1
15.8
16.3
2.1
2.0
*
31.7
19.7
29.6
10.0
11.0
2.3a
1.6
Alcohol
54.6
55.9
12.6a
10.4
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
"Binge" Alcohol Use3
27.0
28.2
3.2
2.6
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Heavy Alcohol Use3
10.2
12.7
0.9
0.8
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Cigarettes
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
73.1
77.4
64.7
64.8
43.8
46.0
11.6a
9.9
Smokeless Tobacco
9.2
6.4
1.2
0.9
20.3
15.9
13.0
7.5
4.6
3.7
1.3
0.9
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
N/A: Not applicable.
1Any Illicit Drug indicates use at least once of marijuana
or hashish, cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens (including
PCP and LSD), heroin, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically.
Any Illicit Drug Other than Marijuana indicates use at least once of any
of these listed drugs, regardless of marijuana use; marijuana users who
also have used any of the other listed drugs are included.
2Nonmedical use of any prescription-type stimulant, sedative,
tranquilizer, or analgesic; does not include over-the-counter-drugs.
3"Binge" Alcohol Use is defined as drinking
five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least one day in the past
30 days. By "occasion" is meant at the same time or within a
couple hours of each other. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five
or more drinks on the same occasion on each of five or more days in the
past 30 days; all Heavy Alcohol Users are also "Binge" Alcohol
Users.
aDifference between 1995 and 1996 is statistically significant
at the .05 level.
bDifference between 1995 and 1996 is statistically significant
at the .01 level.
Source: SAMHSA, Office Of Applied Studies, National Household Survey
on Drug Abuse, 1995 and 1996.
