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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Past Year Heroin Use
vs Marijuana Use by Adolescents (1991 - 2008)

Overview of adolescent drug use trend comparisons 12th Grade Drug Use Trend Comparisons 10th Grade Drug Use Trend Comparisons 8th Grade Drug Use Trend Comparisons Overview of adolescent drug use trend comparisons 12th Grade Drug Use Trend Comparisons 10th Grade Drug Use Trend Comparisons 8th Grade Drug Use Trend Comparisons

Source: Monitoring the Future, Vol I (2009), Table 5-5a, pp. 206-209

Ratios of Heroin Use to Marijuana Use Among High School Students -- Past Year Use (1991 - 2008)
Year 12th Grade 10th Grade 8th Grade
1991 0.02 0.03 0.11
1992 0.03 0.04 0.10
1993 0.02 0.04 0.08
1994 0.02 0.04 0.09
1995 0.03 0.04 0.09
1996 0.03 0.04 0.09
1997 0.03 0.04 0.07
1998 0.03 0.05 0.08
1999 0.03 0.04 0.08
2000 0.04 0.04 0.07
2001 0.02 0.03 0.06
2002 0.03 0.04 0.06
2003 0.02 0.02 0.07
2004 0.03 0.03 0.08
2005 0.02 0.03 0.07
2006 0.03 0.04 0.07
2007 0.03 0.03 0.08
2008 0.02 0.03 0.08

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Ratios of Heroin Use vs Marijuana Use Across High School Demographics
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