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Show 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. In this survey, a higher percentage of Utahns age 12-17 report Substance Abuse (Utah Household Survey on Substance Abuse) Illicit Drug Use using marijuana and hallucinogens than the U.S. respondents of same age group. Since 1994, 12-17 year olds have not been included in this survey. A higher percentage of Utahns age 18-25 also report the use of hallucinogens than their national counterparts. Hallucinogens include drugs such as LSD, peyote, and psilocybin. 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 - 0.3 - 1.6 - 0.5 - 0.0 - Percentage of persons reporting regular drug use within the past 30 - No data available Table 80. Regular Use of Illicit Drugs (Age 18-25) days. Year Marijuana Cocaine Hallucinogens Inhalants Heroin Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. 1979 21.0 35.4 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 12.1 0.3 1.5 2.1 1.3 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.1 1994 7.9 - 0.3 1.2 2.1 - 0.0 0.8 0.0 - 1995 6.1 - 0.7 - 2.2 - 0.1 - 0.2 - Percentage of persons reporting regular drug use within the past 30 days. - No data available 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 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 - 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. - No data available Utah's Health: An Annual Review 1996 85 |