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. 2020 Aug 21;69(1):38–46. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.su6901a5

TABLE 3. Frequency of lifetime and current use among high school students reporting use of specific substances — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019.

Behavior            Frequency
1–2 times
3–9 times
10–39 times
≥40 times
% (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Current use*
Marijuana (n = 2,946)
36.7 (33.7–39.8)
21.8 (19.7–24.1)
23.5 (21.4–25.8)
18.0 (15.1–21.3)
Prescription opioid misuse (n = 661)
53.2 (47.9–58.5)
23.3 (18.9–28.3)
13.7 (11.0–16.9)
9.8 (6.3–14.8)
Lifetime use
Marijuana (n = 4,219)
24.6 (22.4–27.1)
20.9 (19.3–22.6)
20.8 (19.2–22.5)
33.6 (30.5–36.9)
Prescription opioid misuse (n = 2,000)
48.8 (45.7–51.9)
24.7 (22.4–27.2)
15.9 (14.0–18.1)
10.6 (8.8–12.7)
Synthetic marijuana
(n = 955)
48.8 (44.9–52.6)
20.8 (17.8–24.3)
18.5 (14.9–22.8)
11.9 (9.2–15.3)
Cocaine (n = 557)
45.0 (38.7–51.5)
20.3 (15.7–25.9)
18.5 (14.4–23.6)
16.1 (11.8–21.7)
Methamphetamine
(n = 351)
42.9 (34.7–51.5)
15.5 (10.8–21.7)
13.7 (9.0–20.3)
27.9 (19.1–39.0)
Heroin (n = 316) 31.7 (24.4–40.1) 18.6 (12.8–26.2) 16.9 (11.8–23.6) 32.9 (21.7–46.3)
Behavior            Frequency
1–2 days
3–9 days
10–19 days
≥20 days
% (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Current use
Alcohol use (n = 3,669)
54.8 (52.6–57.0)
36.6 (34.4–38.8)
5.1 (4.1–6.4)
3.5 (2.6–4.7)
Binge drinking (n = 1,657)
61.2 (56.5–65.7)
31.1 (27.7–34.7)
4.1 (2.7–6.2)
3.6 (2.4–5.3)
Behavior
           Frequency
1 time
≥2 times
% (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Lifetime use
Injection drug use
(n = 200)
47.8 (35.4–60.4) 52.2 (39.6–64.6)

Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.

*Previous 30 days before the survey.