Table 15. Percentage of Alternative High School Students Who Used Selected Drugs by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Grade, 1998
|
Drug
use behavior
|
Sex
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
Grade
Level
|
All
Groups
|
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|
Male
|
Female
|
White,
non- Hispanic
|
Black,
non- Hispanic
|
Hispanic
|
9th
|
10th
|
11th
|
12th
|
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| Lifetime marijuana |
88.0
|
82.1
|
89.4
|
77.7
|
84.0
|
81.0
|
85.3
|
86.0
|
86.8
|
85.4
|
| Current marijuana1 |
58.2
|
46.7
|
56.7
|
47.2
|
50.6
|
51.2
|
52.9
|
55.7
|
51.2
|
53.0
|
| Lifetime cocaine use2 |
38.6
|
33.0
|
43.8
|
5.7
|
46.4
|
32.7
|
36.4
|
37.8
|
36.5
|
36.1
|
| Current cocaine use1 |
17.1
|
13.1
|
17.7
|
3.6
|
19.4
|
14.8
|
16.6
|
15.9
|
14.1
|
15.3
|
| Lifetime crack or freebase use |
23.5
|
19.4
|
26.2
|
3.5
|
26.8
|
20.9
|
22.9
|
24.2
|
18.9
|
21.6
|
| Lifetime use of illegal steroids |
9.8
|
7.4
|
10.5
|
6.6
|
6.9
|
12.0
|
9.6
|
6.9
|
7.6
|
8.7
|
| Lifetime injected drug use |
6.8
|
4.4
|
7.0
|
4.1
|
4.5
|
7.6
|
5.6
|
5.4
|
4.9
|
5.7
|
| Episodic heavy drinking3 |
55.4
|
42.9
|
58.7
|
28.4
|
52.4
|
43.8
|
48.1
|
51.5
|
51.7
|
49.8
|
| Current cigarette1 |
67.7
|
59.8
|
78.6
|
43.3
|
53.0
|
64.5
|
64.3
|
64.8
|
62.2
|
64.1
|
| 1Used
one or more times during the past 30 days. 2Ever tried any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase. 3Drank five or more drinks of alcohol on at least one occasion on one or more days during the past 30 days. Source: “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—National Alternative High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 1998,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. |
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