Table 2.

Drug Abuse Lifetime and 12 Months Diagnosis Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents (N = 328)

	Lifetime	12 months	Lifetime	12 months	Lifetime	12 months
	All (%)		Male (%)		Female (%)
Marijuana abuse	34.3	19.6	40.6**	24.1*	29.5	16.2
Stimulant abuse	1.4	1.2	2.7	2.1	.4	.4
Sedative abuse	7.2	3.5	9.1	3.7	5.8	3.3
Opiates abuse	4.4	2.8	5.9	3.7	3.3	2.1
Cocaine abuse	8.2	5.8	8.6	7.0	7.9	5.0
PCP abuse	.5	.5	1.1	1.1	-	-
Psychedelics abuse	3.0	2.3	3.7	3.2	2.5	1.7
Inhalants abuse	2.8	1.2	4.3	1.6	1.7	.8
Other drug abuse	7.7	-	9.6	-	6.2	-

^*p<.05 between males and females

^**p<.01 between males and females