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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Jul 29;227:108946. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108946

Table 2:

Substance Use Patterns in Baseline ABCD Study Participants According to Full Sample and Sex at Birth (n=11,857)

Mean (SD) or %; Range All (n=11,857) Boys (n=6,179) Girls (n=5,678)

Heard of = YES...
Caffeine 94.3% 94.4% 94.2%
Alcohol 96.3% 96.2% 96.4%
Nicotine Products* 93.4% 93.9% 92.8%
Cannabis Products* 55.6% 59.8% 51.1%
Inhalants* 25.6% 27.9% 23.1%
Prescription Drug Abuse 34.8% 34.9% 34.6%

Used Caffeine* 67.6% 70.2% 64.7%

Sipped Alcohol* 22.5% 24.3% 20.6%
Used Alcohol (full beverage)* 0.18% 0.26% 0.09%

Tried Any Nicotine Product* 0.68% 0.89% 0.37%
Cigarette 0.08% 0.10% 0.05%
ENDS 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
Cigar 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
Hookah 0.06% 0.05% 0.07%
Tobacco Pipe 0.04% 0.02% 0.07%
Nicotine Replacement 0.07% 0.06% 0.07%
Smokeless Tobacco 0.10% 0.16% 0.04%

Tried Any Cannabis Product* 0.10% 0.18% 0.02%
Smoked/Vaped Flower 0.04% 0.08% 0%
Smoked Blunt 0.008% 0.02% 0%
Edible 0.008% 0.02% 0%
Smoked/Vaped Concentrate 0.008% 0.02% 0%
Tincture 0.008% 0.02% 0%
Cannabis/Alcohol Drink 0.008% 0.02% 0%
Synthetic THC 0% 0% 0%

Used Other Illicit Drug
Inhalants 0.03% 0.05% 0%
Rx Stimulants 0.02% 0% 0.04%
Rx Opioids 0.008% 0.02% 0%
Rx Sedatives 0.02% 0.03% 0%
OTC Cough Medicine 0.03% 0.03% 0.04%
Cocaine 0% 0% 0%
Cathinone 0.008% 0.02% 0%
Methamphetamine 0% 0% 0%
Ecstasy/MDMA 0% 0% 0%
Ketamine 0% 0% 0%
GHB 0% 0% 0%
Heroin/Opium 0% 0% 0%
Hallucinogens 0% 0% 0%
Psilocybin 0% 0% 0%
Salvia 0% 0% 0%
Anabolic Steroids 0% 0% 0%

Notes:

*

= chi-square or t-test analyses revealed significant difference by sex.