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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. In 1994, 12-17 year-olds were not surveyed. Beginning in 1996, the Utah Household Survey on Substance Abuse was conducted by telephone rather than by personal interviews. Reported percentages of 0.0 do not indicate no use, but rather indicate a negligibly small percentage. Table 78. Regular Use of Illicit Drugs (Age 12-17)* Marijuana Cocaine Hallucinogens Inhalants Heroin Year Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. 1979 - 14.2 - 1.5 - 2.2 - 3.9 - 0.2 1982 - 9.9 - 1.9 - 1.4 - - - 0.1 1985 10.2 - 1.5 - 1.2 - 3.7 - 0.1 1988 - 5.4 - 1.0 - 0.8 - 2.0 - 0.0 1990 - 4.4 0.6 - 0.9 2.2 - 0.0 1991 - 3.6 - 0.4 - 0.8 - 1.8 - 0.1 1992 2.1 3.4 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.6 1.2 1.6 0.0 0.1 1993 4.8 4.0 0.3 0.4 1.8 0.5 0.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 1994 - 6.0 - 0.3 ~ 1.2 ~ 2.0 ~ 0.0 1995 2.6 8.2 0.0 0.8 - 1.7 3.1 2.1 0.0 0.7 1996 5.2 7.1 0.6 0.6 - 2.0 1.7 1.7 0.2 0.2 1997 6.0 9.4 0.7 - - - 2.7 2.0 0.1 - 1998 - 8.3 - - ~ - ~ 1.1 - ~ *Percentage of persons reporting drug use within the past 30 days. Source: Utah Division of Substance Abuse, Utah Household Survey on Substance Abuse, Executive Summary and Main Findings, 1996, p. 15. Utah Division of Substance Abuse, Utah Youth Household Survey on Substance Abuse, Executive Summary and Main Findings, 1997, p. 17. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. [Online] Available <http://www.samhsa.gov/NHSDA.htm>. Table 79. Regular Use of Illicit Drugs (Age 18-25)* Marijuana Cocaine Hallucinogens Inhalants Heroin Year Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah i 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 - *Percentage of persons reporting drug use within the past 30 days. Table 80 Regular Use of Illicit Drugs (Age 26+)" r Marijuana Cocaine Hallucinogens Inhalants Heroin Year Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utar l 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 - 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 drug use within the past 30 days. Table 79 and 80. Source: Utah Division of Substance Abuse, Utah Household Survey on Substance Abuse, Executive Summary and Main Findings, 1994. 105 |