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

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

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

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

� 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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