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DRUG USE
Table 8. Percentage of High School Students Who Reported Engaging
in Drug-Related Behaviors on School Property by Sex, Race/Ethnicity,
and Grade, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997,
and 1999
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Drug Use Behavior and Year
|
Sex
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
Grade Level
|
All Groups
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
White, non-His-
panic
|
Black, non-His-
panic
|
His-
panic
|
9th
|
10th
|
11th
|
12th
|
|
Used marijuana on school
property1
|
|
1993
|
7.8
|
3.3
|
5.0
|
7.3
|
7.5
|
4.4
|
6.5
|
6.5
|
5.1
|
5.6
|
|
1995
|
11.9
|
5.5
|
7.0
|
12.3
|
12.9
|
8.7
|
9.8
|
8.6
|
8.0
|
8.8
|
|
1997
|
9.0
|
4.6
|
5.8
|
9.1
|
10.4
|
8.1
|
6.4
|
7.9
|
5.7
|
7.0
|
|
1999
|
10.1
|
4.4
|
6.5
|
7.2
|
10.7
|
6.6
|
7.6
|
7.0
|
7.3
|
7.2
|
|
Offered, sold, or was
given an illegal drug on school property2
|
|
1993
|
28.5
|
19.1
|
24.1
|
17.5
|
34.1
|
21.8
|
23.7
|
27.5
|
23.0
|
24.0
|
|
1995
|
38.8
|
24.8
|
31.7
|
28.5
|
40.7
|
31.0
|
35.0
|
32.8
|
29.1
|
32.1
|
|
1997
|
37.4
|
24.7
|
31.0
|
25.4
|
41.1
|
31.4
|
33.4
|
33.2
|
29.0
|
31.7
|
|
1999
|
34.7
|
25.7
|
28.8
|
25.3
|
36.9
|
27.6
|
32.1
|
31.1
|
30.5
|
30.2
|
|
Tried marijuana before
age 13
|
|
1993
|
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|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
|
1995
|
10.2
|
4.8
|
5.6
|
11.1
|
12.6
|
9.2
|
9.1
|
6.7
|
5.4
|
7.6
|
|
1997
|
12.2
|
6.7
|
7.5
|
11.0
|
13.2
|
14.9
|
10.4
|
8.3
|
5.8
|
9.7
|
|
1999
|
14.5
|
8.0
|
9.4
|
14.8
|
13.8
|
12.7
|
12.6
|
9.5
|
9.5
|
11.3
|
|
Tried cocaine before age
133
|
|
1993
|
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|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
|
1995
|
1.8
|
0.5
|
0.9
|
1.3
|
1.7
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.4
|
0.9
|
1.2
|
|
1997
|
1.3
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
0.4
|
1.4
|
1.8
|
1.3
|
1.0
|
0.3
|
1.1
|
|
1999
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
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� Data not available.
1One or more times during the 30 days preceding the survey.
2During the 12 months preceding the survey.
3 Including powder, crack, and freebase forms of cocaine.
Source: "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance�United States (1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999)," Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Department of Health and
Human Services.
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