Ratios of Lifetime Tranquilizer Use to Marijuana and Alcohol Use by College Students
Source: Monitoring the Future
Source: Monitoring the Future
| Ratios of Tranquilizer Use vs Marijuana Use and Alcohol Use Among College Students -- Lifetime (1980 - 2004) | |||
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| Year | Tranquilizer Use Rate (%) | Ratio vs Marijuana | Ratio vs Alcohol |
| 1980 | 15.2 | 0.23 | 0.16 |
| 1981 | 11.4 | 0.18 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 11.7 | 0.19 | 0.12 |
| 1983 | 10.8 | 0.17 | 0.11 |
| 1984 | 10.8 | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 9.8 | 0.16 | 0.10 |
| 1986 | 10.7 | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 8.7 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 8.0 | 0.15 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 8.0 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
| 1990 | 7.1 | 0.14 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 6.8 | 0.15 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 6.9 | 0.16 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 6.3 | 0.15 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 4.4 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 5.4 | 0.13 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 5.4 | 0.12 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 6.9 | 0.15 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 7.7 | 0.15 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 8.2 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 8.8 | 0.17 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 9.7 | 0.19 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 10.7 | 0.22 | 0.12 |
| 2003 | 11.0 | 0.22 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 10.6 | 0.22 | 0.13 |
| Averages: | 8.0 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
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