Ratios of New Amphetamine Use to Marijuana and Alcohol Use by Those Ages 12 to 17
Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health
| Ratios of Amphetamine Use vs Marijuana Use and Alcohol Use Among New Drug Use Initiates -- 12 to 17 (1965 - 2003) | |||
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| Year | Amphetamine New Users | Ratio vs Marijuana | Ratio vs Alcohol |
| 1965 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1966 | 47,000 | 0.16 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 135,000 | 0.25 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 156,000 | 0.19 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 200,000 | 0.20 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 228,000 | 0.18 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 227,000 | 0.17 | 0.09 |
| 1972 | 270,000 | 0.16 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 244,000 | 0.14 | 0.09 |
| 1974 | 247,000 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 237,000 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 237,000 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 276,000 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 227,000 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 295,000 | 0.17 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 291,000 | 0.18 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 229,000 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
| 1982 | 236,000 | 0.17 | 0.10 |
| 1983 | 148,000 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 169,000 | 0.13 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 142,000 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 142,000 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 114,000 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 135,000 | 0.13 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 81,000 | 0.08 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 99,000 | 0.12 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 83,000 | 0.08 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 127,000 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 134,000 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 174,000 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 215,000 | 0.13 | 0.10 |
| 1996 | 228,000 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 245,000 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| 1998 | 280,000 | 0.17 | 0.11 |
| 1999 | 293,000 | 0.17 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 362,000 | 0.20 | 0.11 |
| 2001 | 396,000 | 0.22 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 381,000 | 0.20 | 0.10 |
| 2003 | 308,000 | 0.19 | -- |
| Averages: | 210,944 | 0.14 | 0.08 |
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