Graphed as percentage of population age 12 and older
| Sources: | National Survey on Drug Use and Health National Household Survey on Drug Abuse |
| Multiple Months | |
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| Trends in Past Month Use of the Most Popular Intoxicating Substances Among Those 12 and Older | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methamphetamine | Crack | PCP | Heroin | ||||||
| Year | Pop. 12 or Older | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
| 1979 | 180,343,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 128,000 | 0.1 |
| 1982 | 186,440,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 162,000 | 0.1 |
| 1985 | 192,605,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 137,000 | 0.1 |
| 1988 | 198,347,000 | -- | -- | 673,000 | 0.3 | -- | -- | 79,000 | 0.0 |
| 1991 | 202,859,000 | -- | -- | 666,000 | 0.3 | -- | -- | 71,000 | 0.0 |
| 1992 | 205,713,000 | -- | -- | 436,000 | 0.2 | 16,000 | 0.0 | 92,000 | 0.0 |
| 1993 | 207,199,000 | -- | -- | 579,000 | 0.3 | 29,000 | 0.0 | 68,000 | 0.0 |
| 1994 | 209,411,000 | -- | -- | 520,000 | 0.2 | 34,000 | 0.0 | 117,000 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | 211,532,000 | -- | -- | 420,000 | 0.2 | 40,000 | 0.0 | 196,000 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | 214,047,000 | -- | -- | 668,000 | 0.3 | 120,000 | 0.1 | 216,000 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | 216,206,000 | -- | -- | 604,000 | 0.3 | 190,000 | 0.1 | 325,000 | 0.2 |
| 1998 | 218,445,000 | -- | -- | 437,000 | 0.2 | 91,000 | 0.0 | 130,000 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | 221,123,000 | 435,000 | 0.2 | 418,000 | 0.2 | 55,000 | 0.0 | 154,000 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | 223,280,000 | 387,000 | 0.2 | 265,000 | 0.1 | 54,000 | 0.0 | 130,000 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 225,636,000 | 576,000 | 0.3 | 406,000 | 0.2 | 54,000 | 0.0 | 123,000 | 0.1 |
| 2002 | 235,143,000 | 683,000 | 0.3 | 567,000 | 0.2 | 58,000 | 0.0 | 166,000 | 0.1 |
| 2003 | 237,682,000 | 726,000 | 0.3 | 604,000 | 0.3 | 56,000 | 0.0 | 119,000 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | 240,515,000 | 706,000 | 0.3 | 467,000 | 0.2 | 49,000 | 0.0 | 166,000 | 0.1 |
| 2005 | 243,220,000 | 628,000 | 0.3 | 682,000 | 0.3 | 48,000 | 0.0 | 136,000 | 0.1 |
| 2006 | 246,022,000 | 731,000 | 0.3 | 702,000 | 0.3 | 30,000 | 0.0 | 338,000 | 0.1 |