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Show Substance Abuse (Utah Household Survey on Substance Abuse) Psychotherapeutic Drug Use Psychotherapeutic drug use is defined by the Utah survey, the percentage of Utahns reporting regular non-Household Survey on Substance Abuse as nonmedical medical use of psychotherapeutic drugs generally use of any prescription type stimulant, sedative, remains higher than the nation-wide rate in most tranquilizer, or analgesic. It is a health risk to use categories, prescription drugs outside a physician's care. In this Table 82. Regular Non-medical Use of Psychotherpeutic Drugs (Age 12-17) Over the Analgesics Sedatives Stimulants Tranquilizers Steroids Counter Year Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. 1979 _ 0.6 _ 1.1 _ 1.2 _ 0.6 - _ _ _ 1982 _ 0.7 - 1.3 - 2.6 - 0.9 - - - - 1988 _ 0.9 _ 0.6 _ 1.2 _ 0.2 _ _ - 1991 _ 1.1 _ 0.5 - 0.2 - 0.3 - 0.0 _ _ 1992 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.4 1.7 _ 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 6.1 1993 2.4 - 0.3 - 1.1 - 0.3 - 0.0 - 4.3 Percentage of persons reporting regular drug use within the past 30 days. - No data available. Table 83. Regular Non-medical Use of Psychotherpeutic Drugs (Age 18-25) Over the Analgesics Sedatives Stimulants Tranquilizers Steroids Counter Year Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. 1979 2.1 1.0 0.4 2.8 5.8 3.5 2.1 2.1 _ _ _ _ 1982 _ 1.0 _ 2.6 _ 4.7 _ 1.6 _ _ 1983 4.2 - 0.9 - 5.5 - 1.1 - - - - - 1988 - 1.5 - 0.9 - 2.4 - 1.0 _ _ - - 1989 4.9 _ 1.7 _ 3.0 _ 2.8 _ _ _ _ - 1991 - 1.5 - 0.6 - 0.8 - 0.6 _ _ _ _ 1992 2.2 1.2 1.4 0.6 1.4 0.7 0.0 0.6 0.0 5.5 1993 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.6 1.4 0.9 2.4 0.6 0.0 0.2 5.6 1994 2.7 - 0.0 - 0.8 - 0.5 - - - 3.4 Percentage of persons reporting regular drug use within the past 30 days. ~ No data available. Table 84. Regular Non-medical Use of Psychotherpeutic Drugs (Age 26+) Over the Analgesics Sedatives Stimulants Tranquilizers Steroids Counter Year Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. 1979 1.0 - 0.1 - 0.6 0.5 0.2 _ _ _ _ 1982 _ _ _ _ 0.6 _ _ _ _ _ _ 1983 1.8 - 0.1 - 0.6 _ 0.7 _ _ _ _ _ 1985 - 0.9 - 0.6 _ 0.7 _ 1.0 _ _ _ 1988 _ 0.4 _ 0.3 _ 0.5 _ 0.6 _ _ _ _ 1989 1.3 _ 0.3 _ 0.5 _ 0.4 _ _ _ _ - 1990 - 0.6 - 0.1 _ 0.3 _ 0.2 _ _ _ - 1991 _ 0.5 _ 0.3 _ 0.2 _ 0.4 _ _ _ _ 1992 1.7 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 3.6 1993 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 3.8 1994 0.9 - 0.1 - 0.4 - 0.3 - - - 3.1 Percentage of persons reporting regular drug use within the past 30 days. - No data available. 96 Risk Factors |