Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health
| Ratios of Cocaine Use vs Marijuana Use and Alcohol Use Among New Drug Use Initiates -- 12 to 17 (1965 - 2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Cocaine New Users | Ratio vs Marijuana | Ratio vs Alcohol |
| 1965 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1966 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1967 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1968 | 49,000 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 46,000 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 76,000 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 93,000 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 136,000 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 162,000 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 191,000 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 169,000 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 194,000 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 247,000 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 226,000 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 240,000 | 0.14 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 293,000 | 0.19 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 308,000 | 0.21 | 0.13 |
| 1982 | 271,000 | 0.19 | 0.11 |
| 1983 | 254,000 | 0.18 | 0.12 |
| 1984 | 272,000 | 0.21 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 281,000 | 0.21 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 256,000 | 0.20 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 239,000 | 0.21 | 0.12 |
| 1988 | 175,000 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
| 1989 | 154,000 | 0.16 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 162,000 | 0.19 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 121,000 | 0.12 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 160,000 | 0.14 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 143,000 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 160,000 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 214,000 | 0.13 | 0.10 |
| 1996 | 244,000 | 0.15 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 243,000 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| 1998 | 264,000 | 0.16 | 0.10 |
| 1999 | 270,000 | 0.16 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 289,000 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 335,000 | 0.18 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 333,000 | 0.18 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 384,000 | 0.23 | -- |
| Averages: | 230,333 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
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