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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Inhalant Use
vs Alcohol Use Among 8th Grade Students


Comparison Trends in Drug Use by 8th Grade Students Lifetime Inhalant Use vs Alcohol and Marijuana (1991 - 2008) Trends in Past Year Inhalant Use vs Alcohol and Marijuana (1991 - 2008) Trends in Past Month Inhalant Use vs Alcohol and Marijuana (1991 - 2008)

Source: Monitoring the Future, Vol I (2009), Tables 5-5a, 5-5b and 5-5c, pp. 202-13

Ratios of Inhalant Use vs Alcohol Use Among 8th Grade Students (1991 - 2008)
Year Lifetime Past Year Past Month
1991 0.25 0.17 0.18
1992 0.25 0.18 0.18
1993 0.35 0.24 0.22
1994 0.36 0.25 0.22
1995 0.40 0.28 0.25
1996 0.38 0.26 0.22
1997 0.39 0.26 0.23
1998 0.39 0.25 0.21
1999 0.38 0.24 0.21
2000 0.35 0.22 0.20
2001 0.34 0.22 0.19
2002 0.32 0.20 0.19
2003 0.35 0.23 0.21
2004 0.39 0.26 0.24
2005 0.42 0.28 0.25
2006 0.40 0.27 0.24
2007 0.40 0.26 0.25
2008 0.40 0.28 0.26


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Inhalant Use vs Marijuana -- 8th Grade Inhalant Use vs Alcohol -- 10th Grade Inhalant Use vs Alcohol -- 12th Grade

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