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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2015 Nov;27(4 Pt 1):1367–1383. doi: 10.1017/S0954579414001473

Table 3.

Percentage of engagement in each of 16 illicit substances by age cohort and study wave

Age 12
Age 13
Age 14
Age 15
Age 16
Age 17
W1 W2 W3 W1 W2 W3 W1 W2 W3 W1 W2 W3 W1 W2 W3 W1 W2 W3
Prescription drug misuse
 Tranquilizers 0.2 0.3 0.5 0 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.3 2.3 2.7 3.1 3.9 4.0 2.8 4.3 5.6 4.8 4.0
 Barbiturates 0.8 0 0 0.5 0 1.4 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.8 1.1 2.3 2.3 1.3 0 3.4 1.8 2.7
 Amphetamines 0 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 2.4 1.7 1.3 2.0 4.2 3.1 2.6 4.2 2.8 4.6 5.1 5.0 5.8
 Pain medication 0.4 1.5 1.4 1 0.7 3.8 3.3 1.6 2.6 3.6 3.3 6.5 4.3 5.6 5.6 9.6 5.3 4.5
 Steroids 0 0 0.5 0.2 0 0.7 0.2 0 0 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.3 0 0 0.2 0.3 0.4
Common street drugs
 Marijuana 0.8 3.6 8.1 3.7 5.7 12.9 10.1 9.8 16 16.7 17.6 24.4 24.3 22.6 27.5 33.2 24.4 27.7
 Crack/cocaine 0 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.2 0 1.9 0.7 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.3 5.4 4.3 4.9
 Angel dust/PCP 0 0 0.5 0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0 0 0.8 0 0.7 0.3 0 0 0.8 0 0
 Methadone/heroin 0 0 0 0.2 0 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4
 Inhalants 0.2 0.9 0.5 1.2 0.2 0.3 1.6 0.7 0.3 3.0 0.7 1.3 1.5 0.4 1.3 2.7 1.0 1.3
Club drugs
 Ecstasy 0.2 0.6 0.9 0 0.5 1.4 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.5 4.2 1.9 2.6 3.0 3.5 2.8 5.4
 GHB 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 0
 Ketamine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0.6 0 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.5 0
 Rohypnol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0.2 0 0 0.2 0.2 0 0.2 0.3 0
 Metamphetamine 0 0.3 0.5 0 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.3 1.9 0.7 0.7 1.2 0.9 1.0 2.7 1.0 1.8
 Hallucinogens 0 0.6 0.9 0.2 0.2 2.1 1.3 0.9 1.6 2.7 1.5 3.3 2.9 3.0 4.6 5.1 4.3 7.1