National Survey on Drug Use and Health &
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
Trends in Lifetime Use Of Moderately Popular Drug Types

Use Trends by Drug Type

Overview of Trends in Popularity

Use Trends from Monitoring the Future

Trends in Lifetime Use of Moderately Popular Intoxicating Substances Among Those 12 and Older
		Cocaine		Hallucinogens		Inhalants
Year	Pop. 12 or Older	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
1985	192,605,000	21,495,000	11.2	13,221,000	6.9	15,167,000	7.9
1988	198,347,000	21,058,000	10.6	15,165,000	7.6	12,646,000	6.4
1991	202,859,000	23,271,000	11.5	17,007,000	8.4	12,300,000	6.1
1992	205,713,000	22,482,000	10.9	17,065,000	8.3	10,988,000	5.3
1993	207,199,000	23,369,000	11.3	18,743,000	9.0	12,240,000	5.9
1994	209,411,000	21,821,000	10.4	18,217,000	8.7	12,178,000	5.8
1995	211,532,000	21,700,000	10.3	20,129,000	9.5	12,016,000	5.7
1996	214,047,000	22,130,000	10.3	20,699,000	9.7	11,909,000	5.6
1997	216,206,000	22,597,000	10.5	20,656,000	9.6	12,335,000	5.7
1998	218,445,000	23,089,000	10.6	21,607,000	9.9	12,589,000	5.8
1999	221,123,000	25,406,000	11.5	25,061,000	11.3	17,138,000	7.8
2000	223,280,000	24,896,000	11.2	26,125,000	11.7	16,702,000	7.5
2001	225,636,000	27,788,000	12.3	28,317,000	12.5	18,219,000	8.1
2002	235,143,000	33,910,000	14.4	34,314,000	14.6	22,870,000	9.7
2003	237,682,000	34,891,000	14.7	34,363,000	14.5	22,995,000	9.7
2004	240,515,000	34,153,000	14.2	34,333,000	14.3	22,798,000	9.5
2005	243,220,000	33,673,000	13.8	33,728,000	13.9	22,745,000	9.4
2006	246,022,000	35,298,000	14.3	35,281,000	14.3	22,879,000	9.3
2007	247,845,000	35,882,000	14.5	34,215,000	13.8	22,477,000	9.1
2008	249,815,000	36,773,000	14.7	35,963,000	14.4	22,274,000	8.9

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