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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Lifetime Sedative Use
vs Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among 12th Grade Students


Sedative Use Overview Drug vs Marijuana Drug vs Alcohol

Source: Monitoring the Future, Vol I (2009), Table 5-1, pp.191-2

Ratios of Sedative Use vs Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among 12th Grade Students -- Lifetime Use
Year vs Alcohol vs Marijuana
1975 0.19 0.36
1976 0.18 0.31
1977 0.17 0.28
1978 0.15 0.23
1979 0.13 0.20
1980 0.12 0.18
1981 0.12 0.19
1982 0.11 0.18
1983 0.11 0.17
1984 0.11 0.18
1985 0.10 0.17
1986 0.09 0.17
1987 0.08 0.15
1988 0.07 0.14
1989 0.07 0.15
1990 0.08 0.17
1991 0.07 0.17
1992 0.06 0.17
1993 0.08 0.18
1994 0.09 0.18
1995 0.09 0.18
1996 0.10 0.17
1997 0.10 0.16
1998 0.11 0.18
1999 0.11 0.18
2000 0.11 0.19
2001 0.11 0.18
2002 0.12 0.20
2003 0.11 0.19
2004 0.13 0.22
2005 0.14 0.23
2006 0.14 0.24
2007 0.13 0.22
2008 0.12 0.20
Average 0.11 0.20


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