Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health
| Ratios of Ecstasy Use vs Marijuana Use and Alcohol Use Among New Drug Use Initiates -- 12 to 17 (1965 - 2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ecstasy New Users | Ratio vs Marijuana | Ratio vs Alcohol |
| 1965 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1966 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1967 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1968 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1969 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1970 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1971 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1972 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1973 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1974 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1975 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1976 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1977 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1978 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1979 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1980 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1981 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1982 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1983 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1984 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 20,000 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 23,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 16,000 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 37,000 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 33,000 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 17,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 24,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 39,000 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 57,000 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 68,000 | 0.28 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 100,000 | 0.35 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 123,000 | 0.50 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 166,000 | 0.83 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 310,000 | 1.06 | 0.11 |
| 2000 | 406,000 | 1.35 | 0.12 |
| 2001 | 491,000 | 1.22 | 0.14 |
| 2002 | 342,000 | 0.98 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 268,000 | 0.66 | -- |
| Averages: | 252,667 | 0.80 | 0.08 |
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