Ratios of New Heroin Use to Marijuana and Alcohol Use by Those Ages 12 to 17
Magnified View of Graphic
Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Magnified View of Graphic
Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health
| Ratios of Heroin Use vs Marijuana Use and Alcohol Use Among New Drug Use Initiates -- 12 to 17 (1965 - 2003) | |||
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| Year | Heroin New Users | Ratio vs Marijuana | Ratio vs Alcohol |
| 1965 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1966 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1967 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1968 | 51,000 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1970 | 31,000 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 26,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 18,000 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 36,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 36,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 21,000 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1977 | 9,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1978 | 18,000 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 17,000 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 13,000 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1983 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 17,000 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | -- | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1986 | -- | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1987 | 8,000 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| 1988 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1989 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1990 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1991 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 10,000 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| 1993 | 8,000 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| 1994 | 14,000 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 30,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 24,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 35,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 29,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 29,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 36,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 38,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 33,000 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 39,000 | 0.02 | -- |
| Averages: | 25,615 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
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