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DRUG USE
Table 9. Percentage of Alternative High School Students Who Used
Selected Drugs by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Grade, 1998
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Drug use behavior
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Sex
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Race/Ethnicity
|
Grade Level
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All Groups
|
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Male
|
Female
|
White, non-His-
panic
|
Black, non-His-
panic
|
His-
panic
|
9th
|
10th
|
11th
|
12th
|
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Lifetime marijuana
|
88.0
|
82.1
|
89.4
|
77.7
|
84.0
|
81.0
|
85.3
|
86.0
|
86.8
|
85.4
|
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Current marijuana1
|
58.2
|
46.7
|
56.7
|
47.2
|
50.6
|
51.2
|
52.9
|
55.7
|
51.2
|
53.0
|
|
Lifetime cocaine use2
|
38.6
|
33.0
|
43.8
|
5.7
|
46.4
|
32.7
|
36.4
|
37.8
|
36.5
|
36.1
|
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Current cocaine use1
|
17.1
|
13.1
|
17.7
|
3.6
|
19.4
|
14.8
|
16.6
|
15.9
|
14.1
|
15.3
|
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Lifetime crack or freebase
use
|
23.5
|
19.4
|
26.2
|
3.5
|
26.8
|
20.9
|
22.9
|
24.2
|
18.9
|
21.6
|
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Lifetime use of illegal
steroids
|
9.8
|
7.4
|
10.5
|
6.6
|
6.9
|
12.0
|
9.6
|
6.9
|
7.6
|
8.7
|
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Lifetime injected drug
use
|
6.8
|
4.4
|
7.0
|
4.1
|
4.5
|
7.6
|
5.6
|
5.4
|
4.9
|
5.7
|
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Episodic heavy drinking3
|
55.4
|
42.9
|
58.7
|
28.4
|
52.4
|
43.8
|
48.1
|
51.5
|
51.7
|
49.8
|
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Current cigarette use1
|
67.7
|
59.8
|
78.6
|
43.3
|
53.0
|
64.5
|
64.3
|
64.8
|
62.2
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64.1
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� Data not available.
1Used one or more times during the past 30 days.
2Ever tried any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase.
3Drank five or more drinks of alcohol on at least one occasion on one or more days during the past 30 days.
Source: "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance�National Alternative High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States,
1998," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services.
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