Ratios of Past Month Heroin Use to Marijuana and Alcohol Use by 8th Grade Students


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Source: Monitoring the Future

Ratios of Heroin Use vs Marijuana Use and Alcohol Use Among 8th Grade Students -- Past Month (1991 - 2005)
Year Heroin Use Rate (%) Ratio vs Marijuana Ratio vs Alcohol
1991 0.3 0.094 0.012
1992 0.4 0.108 0.015
1993 0.4 0.078 0.016
1994 0.6 0.077 0.024
1995 0.6 0.066 0.024
1996 0.7 0.062 0.027
1997 0.6 0.059 0.024
1998 0.6 0.062 0.026
1999 0.6 0.062 0.025
2000 0.5 0.055 0.022
2001 0.6 0.065 0.028
2002 0.5 0.060 0.026
2003 0.4 0.053 0.020
2004 0.5 0.078 0.027
2005 0.5 0.076 0.029
Averages: 0.5 0.070 0.023

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