Ratios of Lifetime Heroin Use vs Alcohol Use Among Those Ages 19 to 28, College Students, and 12th Grade Students


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Source: Monitoring the Future

Ratios of Heroin to Alcohol Use -- Lifetime Use (1986 - 2004)
Year Ages 19 to 28 College Students 12th Grade Students
1986 0.014 0.004 0.012
1987 0.014 0.006 0.013
1988 0.012 0.003 0.012
1989 0.011 0.007 0.014
1990 0.010 0.003 0.015
1991 0.010 0.005 0.010
1992 0.010 0.005 0.014
1993 0.010 0.007 0.014
1994 0.009 0.001 0.015
1995 0.012 0.007 0.020
1996 0.014 0.008 0.023
1997 0.014 0.010 0.026
1998 0.018 0.019 0.025
1999 0.019 0.010 0.025
2000 0.020 0.020 0.030
2001 0.022 0.014 0.023
2002 0.020 0.012 0.022
2003 0.021 0.012 0.020
2004 0.021 0.011 0.020
Averages: 0.015 0.009 0.018

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