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Monitoring the Future -- Inhalant Use
Trends Among 8th Grade Students (1991 - 2008)

Source: Monitoring the Future (2009), Vol I, Tables 5-5a, 5-5b, and 5-5c, pp.202-213

Trends i Inhalant Use Among 8th Grade Students (1991 - 2008)
Year Lifetime Past Year Past Month
1991 17.6 9.0 4.4
1992 17.4 9.5 4.7
1993 19.4 11.0 5.4
1994 19.9 11.7 5.6
1995 21.6 12.8 6.1
1996 21.2 12.2 5.8
1997 21.0 11.8 5.6
1998 20.5 11.1 4.8
1999 19.7 10.3 5.0
2000 17.9 9.4 4.5
2001 17.1 9.1 4.0
2002 15.2 7.7 3.8
2003 15.8 8.7 4.1
2004 17.3 9.6 4.5
2005 17.1 9.5 4.2
2006 16.1 9.1 4.1
2007 15.6 8.3 3.9
2008 15.7 8.9 4.1
Averages: 18.1 10.0 4.7


Drug Use Trends Among Other MTF Demographic Groups
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