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. 2000 Jun;172(6):368–373. doi: 10.1136/ewjm.172.6.368

Table 4.

Prevalence of drug use (n = 2,543)

In last 6 months
Ever used Used drug “High” during sex
Drug weighted % 95% CI weighted % 95% CI weighted % 95% CI
Alcohol 78.0 75.2-80.8 58.3 55.4-61.1 28.3 25.6-31.1
Marijuana 53.3 49.0-57.4 34.5 30.7-38.2 20.6 17.9-23.3
Cocaine 16.4 13.1-19.5 7.4 5.1-9.7 4.6 2.5-6.6
Speed 12.6 10.1-15.0 4.9 3.7-6.2 2.7 2.0-3.5
LSD 11.7 8.4-13.8 2.7 1.7-3.6 1.0 0.5-1.4
Heroin 4.4 3.0-5.7 1.8 1.1-2.3 1.2 0.6-1.8
PCP 1.8 1.3-2.4 0.3 0.1-0.6 0.2 <0.1-0.4
Prescribed methadone 1.0 0.6-1.5 0.6 0.2-0.9 0.3 0.1-0.5
Nonprescribed methadone 0.3 <0.1-0.5 0.2 0-0.3 <0.1 <0.1-0.1
Other drugs 3.7 2.4-4.9 1.7 1.1-2.4 0.4 0.2-0.7
Any injected drug 3.4 2.3-4.5 1.8 1.0-2.7 1.4 0.7-2.1
CI = confidence interval; PCP = phencyclidine.