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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003
February 2003
Table 15. Percentage of Alternative High School Students Who Used Selected Drugs by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Grade, 1998
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Drug
use behavior
|
Sex
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
Grade
Level
|
All
Groups
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
White,
non- Hispanic
|
Black,
non- Hispanic
|
Hispanic
|
9th
|
10th
|
11th
|
12th
|
| Lifetime
marijuana |
88.0
|
82.1
|
89.4
|
77.7
|
84.0
|
81.0
|
85.3
|
86.0
|
86.8
|
85.4
|
| 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
|
| Current
cocaine use1
|
17.1
|
13.1
|
17.7
|
3.6
|
19.4
|
14.8
|
16.6
|
15.9
|
14.1
|
15.3
|
| 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
|
| Lifetime
injected drug use |
6.8
|
4.4
|
7.0
|
4.1
|
4.5
|
7.6
|
5.6
|
5.4
|
4.9
|
5.7
|
| 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
cigarette1
|
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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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. |
Last Updated: May 7, 2003
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