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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003
February 2003
Table 9. Trends in Harmfulness of Drugs as Perceived by 10th Graders, Monitoring the Future Study, 1991�2002
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Drug
Behavior
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Percentage saying “great risk“1
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2001-2002 Change
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How much do you think people risk harming themselves (physically or in
other ways), if they . . . |
| Try
marijuana once or twice |
40.4
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39.1
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36.2
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31.6
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28.9
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27.9
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25.3
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28.1
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28.0
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29.0
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27.7
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28.2
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+0.5
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| Smoke
marijuana occasionally |
57.9
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56.3
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53.8
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48.6
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45.9
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44.3
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43.1
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45.0
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45.7
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47.4
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46.3
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46.0
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-0.3
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| Smoke
marijuana regularly |
83.8
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82.0
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79.6
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74.3
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73.0
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70.9
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72.7
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73.0
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73.9
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74.8
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72.2
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71.7
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-0.5
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| Try
crack once or twice2 |
62.8
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61.2
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57.2
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54.4
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50.8
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51.0
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49.9
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49.3
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48.7
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48.5
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48.6
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47.4
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-1.2
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| Take
crack occasionally2 |
82.2
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79.6
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76.8
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74.4
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72.1
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71.6
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71.2
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70.6
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70.6
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70.1
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70.0
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69.7
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-0.2
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| Try
cocaine powder once or twice2 |
55.5
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54.1
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50.7
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48.4
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44.9
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45.2
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45.0
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44.0
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43.3
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43.3
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43.9
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43.2
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-0.7
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| Take
cocaine powder occasionally2 |
77.0
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74.3
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71.8
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69.1
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66.4
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65.7
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65.8
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65.2
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65.4
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65.5
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65.8
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64.9
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-0.9
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| Approximate
N |
17,437
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18,662
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18,366
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17,394
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17,501
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17,926
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18,765
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18,100
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16,700
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17,300
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16,200
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15,100
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Note: s=.05; any inconsistency between the 2000�2001 change estimate and
the respective prevalence estimates is due to rounding.
1Answer alternatives
were: (1) no risk, (2) slight risk, (3) moderate risk, (4) great risk,
and (5) can't say, drug unfamiliar.
2Beginning in 1997,
data based on two-thirds of N indicated due to changes in questionnaire
forms.
Source: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Monitoring
the Future study (December 2002). |
Last Updated: May 7, 2003
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