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


Comparison Trends in Drug Use by 8th Grade Students Lifetime LSD Use vs Alcohol and Marijuana (1991 - 2008) Trends in Past Year LSD Use vs Alcohol and Marijuana (1991 - 2008) Trends in Past Month LSD 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 LSD Use vs Alcohol Use Among 8th Grade Students (1991 - 2008)
Year Lifetime Past Year Past Month
1991 0.04 0.03 0.02
1992 0.05 0.04 0.03
1993 0.06 0.05 0.04
1994 0.07 0.05 0.04
1995 0.08 0.07 0.06
1996 0.09 0.08 0.06
1997 0.09 0.07 0.06
1998 0.08 0.06 0.05
1999 0.08 0.06 0.05
2000 0.08 0.06 0.04
2001 0.07 0.05 0.05
2002 0.05 0.04 0.04
2003 0.05 0.03 0.03
2004 0.04 0.03 0.03
2005 0.05 0.04 0.03
2006 0.04 0.03 0.02
2007 0.04 0.03 0.03
2008 0.05 0.04 0.03


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

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