Table 1.
Lifetime and Past Month Prevalence of Drug Use and Medication Misuse.
| Lifetime Use/ Misuse |
Past Month Use/ Misuse |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| Any Illicit Drug | 262 | ---- | 166 | ---- |
| 1. Marijuana | 240 | 92 | 148 | 89 |
| 2. Cocaine | 43 | 16 | 34 | 21 |
| 3. Amphetamines | 63 | 24 | 28 | 16 |
| 4. Hallucinogens | 56 | 21 | 24 | 14 |
| 5. Opiates | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| 6. Inhalants | 21 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| 7. Designer Drugs | 30 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
| 8. Steroids | 3 | 1 | 1 | <1 |
| 9. PCP | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Any Medication Misuse | 153 | 42 | 75 | 45 |
| 1. Mood | 18 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| 2. Pain | 61 | 23 | 37 | 22 |
| 3. ADHD | 37 | 14 | 20 | 12 |
| 4. Anxiety | 43 | 16 | 26 | 16 |
| 5. Respiratory | 39 | 15 | 26 | 16 |
| 6. OTC | 24 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
Note. Lifetime Use sample (n = 262); Past Month Use Sample (n = 166). Participants were given the substance names with examples listed parenthetically as follows: marijuana (pot, hash, hash oil), cocaine (crack, rock, freebase), amphetamines (speed, methamphetamine), hallucinogens (LSD, mushrooms, mescaline), opiates (heroin), inhalants (glue, solvents, gas, nitrates), designer drugs (ecstasy, MDMA, Special K), steroids, PCP= phencyclidine (angel dust, illy), mood/sleep (e.g., Prozac, Celexa, Paxil, Zoloft, Elavil, Nardil), pain (e.g., Codeine, Percodan, Oxycontin, Vicodin), ADHD=attention/hyperactivity (e.g., Ritalin, Adderal, Concerta), anxiety (e.g., Xanax, Valium, Librium, Ativan, Klonopen), respiratory (e.g., cough medicine, allergy medicine, inhalers), and OTC=over-the-counter (e.g., diet pills, analgesics).