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Table 78. Percentage of High School Students Who Used Selected Drugs by State, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1999 and 2001 State Surveys¹

State	State Current use ²								Episodic heavy drinking ³		Lifetime Use
	Marijuana		Cocaine		Inhalant		Cigarette		Episodic heavy drinking ³		Illegal steroid use
	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001
Alabama	22.2	18.8	3.2	2.4	4.4	4.0	36.6	23.7	29.0	25.0	5.3	4.8
Alaska	30.7	—	4.1	—	4.3	—	33.9	—	34.4	—	5.0	—
Arkansas	24.4	22.6	4.6	4.1	4.8	4.4	39.6	34.7	33.4	30.0	5.0	6.9
Colorado	—	[30.2]	—	[5.0]	—	[3.8]	—	[26.7]	—	[34.3]	—	[4.7]
Connecticut	[27.8]	—	[3.6]	—	[3.7]	—	[31.2]	—	[27.5]	—	[4.1]	—
Delaware	29.0	26.3	2.7	2.4	4.0	3.2	32.2	24.2	27.1	27.3	3.2	4.8
Florida	[23.1]	23.1	[5.4]	4.0	[4.4]	4.4	[27.4]	21.5	[27.9]	24.8	[4.9]	5.0
Hawaii	24.7	[20.5]	3.3	[2.4]	3.9	[3.2]	27.9	[15.0]	26.8	[18.8]	2.5	[2.8]
Idaho	—	17.5	—	3.2	—	3.6	—	19.1	—	27.2	—	3.6
Illinois	[21.5]	[20.0]	[2.6]	[2.5]	[4.7]	[3.5]	[34.0]	[25.3]	[33.1]	[28.4]	[2.7]	[3.2]
Indiana	—	[26.7]	—	[3.6]	—	[4.2]	—	[28.5]	—	[29.5]	—	[5.9]
Iowa	[18.5]	[16.5]	[3.0]	[3.7]	[3.2]	[3.3]	[35.8]	[29.7]	[39.6]	[37.0]	[3.3]	[4.3]
Kentucky	[23.6]	[20.4]	[4.1]	[3.8]	[5.7]	[4.1]	[41.5]	[33.0]	[36.8]	[28.3]	[5.1]	[5.5]
Louisiana	[20.2]	[18.9]	[3.2]	[3.8]	[3.7]	[4.7]	[33.3]	[25.0]	[29.4]	[29.3]	[5.6]	[6.3]
Maine	[30.9]	27.2	[3.8]	4.1	[5.6]	4.3	[31.2]	24.8	[35.1]	31.5	[6.1]	5.5
Massachusetts	30.6	30.9	4.3	—	4.1	—	30.3	26.0	32.6	32.7	4.6	4.8
Michigan	25.9	24.3	3.4	3.6	4.2	3.6	34.1	25.7	29.9	29.3	4.0	4.3
Mississippi	18.9	17.4	2.1	2.3	4.5	3.4	31.5	23.6	25.4	22.1	4.4	4.4
Missouri	25.6	24.4	2.7	3.4	3.0	3.6	32.8	30.3	32.0	34.1	3.5	5.3
Montana	25.5	27.1	4.0	4.0	4.4	4.2	35.0	28.5	43.6	41.4	4.1	5.3
Nebraska	[15.6]	[18.5]	[2.3]	[2.1]	[3.5]	[2.3]	[37.3]	[30.5]	[40.8]	[39.0]	[2.6]	[2.6]
Nevada	25.9	26.6	4.9	5.5	5.1	5.0	32.6	25.2	35.6	32.4	4.0	6.4
New Hampshire	[30.3]	[28.4]	[3.4]	[4.7]	[5.2]	[5.6]	[34.1]	—	[33.2]	[32.1]	[4.3]	[5.3]
New Jersey	[22.7]	24.9	[2.4]	4.2	[4.3]	5.1	[33.8]	29.4	[30.2]	32.6	[2.1]	4.7
New Mexico	[31.2]	—	[8.5]	—	[6.5]	—	[36.2]	—	[38.1]	—	[5.9]	—
New York	23.4	[26.7]	3.0	[3.9]	3.7	[5.1]	31.8	[29.8]	28.8	[34.7]	3.7	[5.5]
North Carolina	—	20.8	—	2.7	—	—	—	27.8	—	20.7	—	5.0
North Dakota	18.8	22.0	—	—	3.7	3.8	40.6	35.3	46.2	41.5	2.5	4.3
Ohio	26.1	—	3.4	—	4.3	—	40.3	—	37.4	—	4.2	—
Rhode Island	—	33.2	—	5.5	—	4.7	—	24.8	—	30.7	—	5.4
South Carolina	24.5	[23.9]	3.5	[2.7]	4.1	[4.3]	36.0	[27.6]	25.4	[24.7]	4.6	[4.9]
South Dakota	20.7	18.4	3.3	3.1	—	4.2	43.6	33.1	46.1	36.5	3.2	5.4
Tennessee	26.6	[23.8]	3.8	[3.7]	5.0	[3.8]	37.5	[29.1]	28.5	[27.3]	5.6	[6.6]
Texas	—	21.7	—	6.3	—	4.5	—	28.4	—	31.3	—	5.7
Utah	10.6	9.7	1.5	2.7	3.6	5.1	11.9	8.3	15.8	10.9	4.3	4.2
Vermont	33.7	30.3	5.4	4.1	5.3	—	33.4	23.7	32.4	29.0	5.3	5.1
West Virginia	29.3	—	4.4	—	6.7	—	42.2	—	35.5	—	5.3	—
Wisconsin	21.5	25.1	4.4	3.4	3.8	3.2	38.1	32.6	34.4	34.2	3.4	—
Wyoming	21.4	20.4	3.7	4.3	4.2	4.2	35.2	28.4	39.5	38.1	4.9	5.3
— Data not available. ¹ Percentages are based on weighted data, which is representative of the state, except when enclosed in brackets. Bracketed percentages are based on unweighted data. Caution must be used in interpreting unweighted data since it may not be representative of the state high school population. In 2001, three states with unweighted data (New York, Illinois, and Louisiana) did not include students from at least one of the stateís largest school districts. ² Use at least once on at least one of the 30 days preceding the survey. ³ Drank five or more drinks of alcohol on one or more occasions on at least one of the 30 days preceding the survey. Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States 1999 (June 2000) and 2001 (June 2002), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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