Show Ilicit Drug Use con Western states typically have the highest rates of illicit drug use and Southern states the lowest rates among persons 12 and older State prevalence estimates ranged fromlow of7 percent Virginia tohigh of 10percent Alaska Utah wester state hadrelatively low past month llict drug use prevalence rate of2 percent Massachusetts was the only state in the etop fifth for all three age groups 12-17 18 Nationally about 75 percent of the past month users of some ilicit drug reported using marijuana The state marijuana prevalence rates ranged fromlow of5 percent lowa to2 percent Colorado lowa also fell into the Table 76 Use of Any llicit Drug by Age Group Utah andS 1999 Age Age Age 26 1825 1217 Total a5 110 80 62 Utah 46 169 111 69 us TEstmated figures licit Dr Drug Use by Age Utah andS 1909 Figure 29 llicit us --Utah g2 g5 EE 104 lowest category for past month use of any illicit 28 of Utah 0 percent The highest rate for youth drug The rate for youth was lowest for the state was in Delaware 18percent Total Age12-17 Age18-25 Age26 Source Online ww samhsa gov statisticshtm 114 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |