Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Past Year Sedative Use
vs Alcohol Use by Young Adults (1986 - 2008)

Ratios of Sedative Use to Alcohol Use Among Young Adults -- Past Year Use (1986 - 2008)
Year	Ages 19 Use to 28	College Students	12th Grade Students
1986	0.026	0.022	0.050
1987	0.023	0.013	0.042
1988	0.020	0.012	0.038
1989	0.019	0.011	0.040
1990	0.022	0.016	0.042
1991	0.021	0.014	0.044
1992	0.019	0.016	0.036
1993	0.022	0.018	0.047
1994	0.022	0.015	0.056
1995	0.025	0.024	0.064
1996	0.026	0.028	0.068
1997	0.028	0.036	0.068
1998	0.030	0.030	0.074
1999	0.033	0.038	0.079
2000	0.040	0.044	0.085
2001	0.044	0.046	0.078
2002	0.046	0.045	0.094
2003	0.047	0.050	0.086
2004	0.052	0.052	0.092
2005	0.044	0.046	0.078
2006	0.046	0.045	0.094
2007	0.047	0.050	0.086
2008	0.052	0.052	0.092

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