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Show Substance Abuse (Utah Household Survey on Substance Abuse) Illicit Drug Use Illicit drugs, such as marijuana and cocaine, are those that are not legal in the United States. Rates of self-reported illicit drug use appear to be declining nationally. The overall regular use of illicit drugs as reported by Utahns remains below the rate reported by U.S. respondents, except in a few instances. Beginning in 1996, the Utah Household Survey on Substance Abuse was conducted by telephone rather than by personal interviews. This allowed more probing and responding to questions. In 1994, 12-17 year olds were not surveyed. Adult use data are not yet available for 1996. Reported percentages of 0.0 do not indicate no use, but rater indicate a negligibly small percentage. Table 79. Regular Use of Illicit Drugs (Age 12-17)' Year Marijuana Cocaine Hallucinogens Inhalants Heroin Utah U.S. Utah U .S. Utah U.S. Utah U. S. Utah U .S. 1979 16.7 ~ 1.4 - 2.2 ~ 2.0 - 1982 - 11.5 - 1.6 1.4 « - - 1988 - 6.4 - 1.1 0.8 - 2.0 0.1 1991 - 4.3 - 0.4 ~ 0.8 - 1.8 ~ 0.1 1992 2.1 4.0 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.6 1.2 1.6 0.0 0.1 1993 4.6 4.0 0.3 0.4 1.6 0.5 0.5 1.4 0.0 - 1994 - 6.0 - 0.3 - 1.2 ~ 2.0 - « 1995 2.6 8.2 « 0.8 1.7 3.1 2.1 0.2 1996 5.2 7.1 0.6 0.6 2.0 1.7 1.7 0.2 0.2 Table 79. Source: Utah Division of Substance Abuse, Utah Household Survey on Substance Abuse. Executive Summary and Main Findings. Salt Lake City, 1996 p. 15. Table 80. Regular Use of Illicit Drugs (Age 18-25)* Year Marijuana Cocaine Hallucinogens Inhalants Heroin Utah U.S. Utah U .S. Utah U.S. Utah U. S. Utah U. S. 1979 21.0 35.3 5.0 9.2 3.3 4.4 - 1.2 0.6 0.4 1982 - 27.7 - 6.5 - 1.7 - - 0.1 1983 16.2 ~ 5.0 ~ 0.9 ~ 1.1 0.1 - 1988 - 15.5 - 4.5 - 1.9 - 1.7 « 1989 13.3 5.3 ~ 3.4 ~ 0.7 - 0.6 ~ 1991 - 13.0 ~ 2.0 -- 1.2 ~ 1.5 ~ 0.1 1992 6.4 11.0 1.4 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.2 1993 10.8 11.1 0.3 1.5 2.1 1.3 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.1 1994 7.9 12.1 0.3 1.2 2.1 1.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 ~ 1995 6.1 ~ 0.7 ~ 2.2 0.1 ~ 0.2 ~ Table 81. Regular Use of Illicit Drugs (Age 26+)* Year Marijuana Cocaine Hallucinogens Inhalants Heroin Utah U.S. Utah U. S. Utah U.S. Utah U. S. Utah U. s. 1979 3.9 6.1 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 ~ 0.7 0.1 ~ 1982 - 6.7 - 1.2 - 0.1 » ~ 0.1 1983 3.9 0.8 ~ 0.2 0.1 « 0.0 1988 _. 3.9 - 0.9 ~ ~ 0.2 1989 3.1 - 0.5 - 0.1 ~ 0.0 mm 0.0 - 1990 « 3.6 -- 0.6 -- 0.1 0.3 - - 1991 « 3.3 « 0.8 - 0.1 - 0.3 - « 1992 1.4 3.2 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 1993 0.8 3.1 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1994 0.7 3.4 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 1995 0.8 0.3 ~ 0.0 ~ 0.0 - 0.2 ?Percentage of persons reporting regular drug use within the past 30 days. Table 80 and 81. Source: Utah Division of Substance Abuse, Utah Household Survey on Substance Abuse. Executive Summary and Main Findings. Salt Lake City, 1994. 119 |