1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Table 55.	 Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Illicit Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco in the Population Aged 12 to 17 for California, Arizona, and the Remainder of the United States:  1998  

	TIME PERIOD (Population)
	Lifetime				Past Year				Past Month
Drug	California	Arizona	U.S. Excluding CA & AZ	Total U.S.	California	Arizona	U.S. Excluding CA & AZ	Total U.S.	California	Arizona	U.S. Excluding CA & AZ	Total U.S.
Any Illicit Drug1	23.0	31.1b	20.9	21.3	18.3	23.9b	16.0	16.4	9.9	14.4b	9.9	9.9
Marijuana and Hashish	18.4	25.2b	16.6	17.0	14.8	19.9b	13.8	14.1	7.4	11.5b	8.3	8.3
Cocaine	2.5	6.7b	2.0	2.2	1.9	4.7b	1.6	1.7	1.1	2.4b	0.7	0.8
Crack	1.2	2.7b	0.7	0.7	0.5	1.9b	0.4	0.5	0.2	1.0a	0.2	0.2
Inhalants	6.5	10.8b	6.0	6.1	3.4	5.1b	2.8	2.9	1.4	2.1a	1.0	1.1
Hallucinogens	5.4	10.0b	5.2	5.3	3.7	7.2b	3.8	3.8	1.2	2.6	1.9	1.8
PCP	1.6	2.6a	1.1	1.2	0.7	1.3	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.1
LSD	3.9	7.1b	4.2	4.2	1.8	4.6a	2.7	2.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	0.8
Heroin	0.4	1.0a	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Nonmedical Use of Any Psychotherapeutic2	5.8	8.7b	5.5	5.6	3.9	5.8b	3.6	3.7	2.2	2.5	1.6	1.7
Stimulants	2.3	3.6b	1.6	1.7	1.5	2.0a	1.1	1.2	0.9	1.2a	0.5	0.6
Sedatives	1.0	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2
Tranquilizers	1.3	2.1	1.8	1.7	0.8	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.3
Analgesics	4.7	6.5a	4.6	4.6	3.3	4.3	3.0	3.1	1.7	1.2	1.3	1.3
Any Illicit Drug Other than Marijuana1	13.2	21.6b	11.6	12.0	9.0	14.7b	7.1	7.5	4.5	7.3b	3.8	4.0
Alcohol	34.2	47.6b	37.6	37.3	29.0	40.6b	32.0	31.8	16.5	24.4b	19.3	19.1
"Binge" Alcohol Use3	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	5.8a	9.3	7.9	7.7
Heavy Alcohol Use3	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2.8	3.8	2.9	2.9
Cigarettes	28.4b	43.7b	36.7	35.8	18.8b	27.5	24.4	23.8	13.6b	20.9	18.8	18.2
Smokeless Tobacco	3.3b	9.0	9.6	8.9	0.9b	3.4	4.1	3.7	0.7	1.0	1.3	1.2

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

^a Difference between estimate and U.S. excluding CA & AZ is statistically significant at the .05 level.

^b Difference between estimate and U.S. excluding CA & AZ is statistically significant at the .01 level.

¹ Any Illicit Drug indicates use at least once of marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens (including PCP and LSD), heroin, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically. Any Illicit

Drug Other than Marijuana indicates use at least once of any of these listed drugs, regardless of marijuana/hashish use; marijuana/hashish users who also have used any of the other listed drugs are included.

² Nonmedical use of any prescription-type stimulant, sedative, tranquilizer, or analgesic; does not include over-the-counter-drugs.

³ "Binge" Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least one day in the past 30 days. By "occasion" is meant at the same time or within a couple hours of each other. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of five or more days in the past 30 days; all Heavy Alcohol Users are also "Binge" Alcohol Users.

Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1998.

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