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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Lifetime Amphetamine Use
vs Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among 12th Grade Students


Amphetamine Use Overview Drug vs Marijuana Drug vs Alcohol

Source: Monitoring the Future, Vol I (2009), Table 5-1, pp.191-2

Ratios of Amphetamine Use vs Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among 12th Grade Students -- Lifetime Use
Year vs Alcohol vs Marijuana
1975 0.25 0.47
1976 0.25 0.43
1977 0.25 0.41
1978 0.25 0.39
1979 0.26 0.40
1980 0.28 0.44
1981 0.35 0.54
1982 0.30 0.48
1983 0.29 0.47
1984 0.30 0.51
1985 0.28 0.48
1986 0.26 0.46
1987 0.23 0.43
1988 0.22 0.42
1989 0.21 0.44
1990 0.20 0.43
1991 0.18 0.42
1992 0.16 0.43
1993 0.19 0.43
1994 0.20 0.41
1995 0.19 0.37
1996 0.19 0.34
1997 0.20 0.33
1998 0.20 0.33
1999 0.20 0.33
2000 0.19 0.32
2001 0.20 0.33
2002 0.21 0.35
2003 0.19 0.31
2004 0.20 0.33
2005 0.17 0.29
2006 0.17 0.29
2007 0.16 0.27
2008 0.15 0.25
Average 0.22 0.39


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