average %                    
               clients    change          other drugs
   REGION     with drug    from            used ( %
               listed      last           mentioned)
             as primary    year
                drug         
              of abuse
I                 13      increas     20% alcohol        67%
N=10                      e               other          17%
                          no          60%                   
                          change      20%                   
                          decreas
                          e
II               11       increas     13% cocaine        13%
N=14                      e           71% alcohol        75%
                          no          16%                   
                          change                            
                          decreas                           
                          e
III              15       increas     10% cocaine        10%
N=14                      e           80% alcohol       100%
                          no          10% tranquiliz     10%
                          change          ers            10%
                          decreas         other             
                          e                                 
IV               22       increas     87% alcohol        68%
N=12                      e           92% hallucinog      8%
                          no           0% ens            17%
                          change          amphetamin     25%
                          decreas         es
                          e               other
Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, 
        New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania

Region II: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas, North and South
        Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Maryland, Delaware,
        Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Region III: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas,
        Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota

Region IV: Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, California, Idaho,
        New Mexico, Washington, Oregon
        


Table 9 (cont'd.)

Treatment Providers' Report on 

Characteristics of Users by Drug of Abuse April 1996

DRUG:  MARIJUANA

         Average percent          Average percent        Average percent   Average percent
               by Age              by Race/Ethnicity        by Sex         with Prior                                t
REGION                                                                     Treatment
         under                   African-         Hispan                              
           20    21-30    31+    American  White  ic and    Male   FIale   Yes      No
                                                  Other

I          28      22      50       17      78      5       73      27      18      82
N=10


II         22      49      29       18      81      1       77      25      15      85
N=14


III        32      33      35       34     61       5       73      27      31      69
N=14


IV         34      34      32       9      57       34      69      31      25       75
N=12