Ratios of Lifetime Heroin Use to Marijuana and Alcohol Use by College Students


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Source: Monitoring the Future

Ratios of Heroin Use vs Marijuana Use and Alcohol Use Among College Students -- Lifetime (1980 - 2004)
Year Heroin Use Rate (%) Ratio vs Marijuana Ratio vs Alcohol
1980 0.9 0.014 0.010
1981 0.6 0.009 0.006
1982 0.5 0.008 0.005
1983 0.3 0.005 0.003
1984 0.5 0.008 0.005
1985 0.4 0.007 0.004
1986 0.4 0.007 0.004
1987 0.6 0.011 0.006
1988 0.3 0.006 0.003
1989 0.7 0.014 0.007
1990 0.3 0.006 0.003
1991 0.5 0.011 0.005
1992 0.5 0.011 0.005
1993 0.6 0.014 0.007
1994 0.1 0.002 0.001
1995 0.6 0.014 0.007
1996 0.7 0.016 0.008
1997 0.9 0.020 0.010
1998 1.7 0.034 0.019
1999 0.9 0.018 0.010
2000 1.7 0.033 0.020
2001 1.2 0.024 0.014
2002 1.0 0.020 0.012
2003 1.0 0.020 0.012
2004 0.9 0.018 0.011
Averages: 0.8 0.016 0.009

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