Graphed as number of users age 12 and older
| Sources: | National Survey on Drug Use and Health National Household Survey on Drug Abuse |
| Multiple Years | |
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| Trends in Past Year 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0.0 | 427,000 | 0.2 |
| 1982 | 186,440,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0.0 | 323,000 | 0.2 |
| 1985 | 192,605,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 455,000 | 0.2 | 347,000 | 0.2 |
| 1988 | 198,347,000 | -- | -- | 1,459,000 | 0.7 | 167,000 | 0.1 | 508,000 | 0.3 |
| 1991 | 202,859,000 | -- | -- | 1,451,000 | 0.7 | 172,000 | 0.1 | 359,000 | 0.2 |
| 1992 | 205,713,000 | -- | -- | 1,144,000 | 0.6 | 207,000 | 0.1 | 304,000 | 0.1 |
| 1993 | 207,199,000 | -- | -- | 1,416,000 | 0.7 | 199,000 | 0.1 | 230,000 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | 209,411,000 | -- | -- | 1,258,000 | 0.6 | 206,000 | 0.1 | 281,000 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | 211,532,000 | -- | -- | 1,018,000 | 0.5 | 322,000 | 0.2 | 428,000 | 0.2 |
| 1996 | 214,047,000 | -- | -- | 1,375,000 | 0.6 | 382,000 | 0.2 | 455,000 | 0.2 |
| 1997 | 216,206,000 | -- | -- | 1,375,000 | 0.6 | 369,000 | 0.2 | 597,000 | 0.3 |
| 1998 | 218,445,000 | -- | -- | 971,000 | 0.4 | 346,000 | 0.2 | 253,000 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | 221,123,000 | 1,140,000 | 0.2 | 1,045,000 | 0.5 | 245,000 | 0.1 | 353,000 | 0.2 |
| 2000 | 223,280,000 | 1,031,000 | 0.2 | 721,000 | 0.3 | 264,000 | 0.1 | 308,000 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 225,636,000 | 1,341,000 | 0.3 | 1,027,000 | 0.5 | 250,000 | 0.1 | 456,000 | 0.2 |
| 2002 | 235,143,000 | 1,755,000 | 0.7 | 1,554,000 | 0.7 | 235,000 | 0.1 | 404,000 | 0.2 |
| 2003 | 237,682,000 | 1,602,000 | 0.7 | 1,406,000 | 0.6 | 219,000 | 0.1 | 314,000 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | 240,515,000 | 1,808,000 | 0.8 | 1,304,000 | 0.5 | 210,000 | 0.1 | 398,000 | 0.2 |
| 2005 | 243,220,000 | 1,603,000 | 0.7 | 1,381,000 | 0.6 | 164,000 | 0.1 | 379,000 | 0.2 |
| 2006 | 246,022,000 | 1,889,000 | 0.8 | 1,479,000 | 0.6 | 187,000 | 0.1 | 560,000 | 0.2 |