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Appendix B. Tables

Table 1: NSDUH Trends in Percentage of Past Year Drug Use, 2002-2004
Major Drugs   2002 2003 2004
Cocaine (any form)
Individuals (12 and older) 2.5 2.5 2.4
Adolescents (12-17) 2.1 1.8 1.6
Adults (18-25) 6.7 6.6 6.6
Adults (26 and older) 1.8 1.9 1.7
Crack
Individuals (12 and older) 0.7 0.6 0.5
Adolescents (12-17) 0.4 0.4 0.3
Adults (18-25) 0.9 0.9 0.8
Adults (26 and older) 0.7 0.6 0.5
Heroin
Individuals (12 and older) 0.2 0.1 0.2
Adolescents (12-17) 0.2 0.1 0.2
Adults (18-25) 0.4 0.3 0.4
Adults (26 and older) 0.1 0.1 0.1
Marijuana
Individuals (12 and older) 11.0 10.6 10.6
Adolescents (12-17) 15.8 15.0 14.5
Adults (18-25) 29.8 28.5 27.8
Adults (26 and older) 7.0 6.9 7.0
Methamphetamine
Individuals (12 and older) 0.7 0.6 0.6
Adolescents (12-17) 0.9 0.7 0.6
Adults (18-25) 1.7 1.6 1.6
Adults (26 and older) 0.4 0.4 0.4
Pharmaceuticals Prescription Narcotics
Individuals (12 and older) 4.7 4.9 4.7
Adolescents (12-17) 7.6 7.7 7.4
Adults (18-25) 11.4 12.0 11.9
Adults (26 and older) 3.1 3.3 3.0
Other Dangerous Drugs LSD
Individuals (12 and older) 0.4 0.2 0.2
Adolescents (12-17) 1.3 0.6 0.6
Adults (18-25) 1.8 1.1 1.0
Adults (26 and older) 0.1 0.0 0.1
MDMA
Individuals (12 and older) 1.3 0.9 0.8
Adolescents (12-17) 2.2 1.3 1.2
Adults (18-25) 5.8 3.7 3.1
Adults (26 and older) 0.5 0.3 0.3
PCP
Individuals (12 and older) 0.1 0.1 0.1
Adolescents (12-17) 0.4 0.4 0.3
Adults (18-25) 0.3 0.4 0.3
Adults (26 and older) 0.0 0.0 0.0

Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

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Table 2: MTF Adolescent Trends in Percentage of Past Year Drug Use, 2000-2005
Major Drugs   2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Cocaine (any form)
8th Grade 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.2
10th Grade 4.4 3.6 4.0 3.3 3.7 3.5
12th Grade 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.3 5.1
Crack
8th Grade 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.4
10th Grade 2.2 1.8 2.3 1.6 1.7 1.7
12th Grade 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.3 1.9
Heroin
8th Grade 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8
10th Grade 1.4 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.9
12th Grade 1.5 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8
Marijuana
8th Grade 15.6 15.4 14.6 12.8 11.8 12.2
10th Grade 32.2 32.7 30.3 28.2 27.5 26.6
12th Grade 36.5 37.0 36.2 34.9 34.3 33.6
Methamphetamine
8th Grade 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.5 1.5 1.8
10th Grade 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.9
12th Grade 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.4 2.5
MDMA
8th Grade 3.1 3.5 2.9 2.1 1.7 1.7
10th Grade 5.4 6.2 4.9 3.0 2.4 2.6
12th Grade 8.2 9.2 7.4 4.5 4.0 3.0
Pharmaceuticals Prescription Narcotics
8th Grade NA NA NA NA NA NA
10th Grade NA NA NA NA NA NA
12th Grade 7.0 6.7 9.4 9.3 9.5 9.0
Sedatives/Barbiturates
8th Grade NA NA NA NA NA NA
10th Grade NA NA NA NA NA NA
12th Grade 6.2 5.7 6.7 6.0 6.5 7.2
Tranquilizers
8th Grade NA NA NA NA NA NA
10th Grade NA NA NA NA NA NA
12th Grade 5.7 6.9 7.7 6.7 7.3 6.8
Other Dangerous Drugs GHB
8th Grade 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5
10th Grade 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.8
12th Grade 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.4 2.0 1.1
Inhalants
8th Grade 9.4 9.1 7.7 8.7 9.6 9.5
10th Grade 7.3 6.6 5.8 5.4 5.9 6.0
12th Grade 5.9 4.5 4.5 3.9 4.2 5.0
LSD
8th Grade 2.4 2.2 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2
10th Grade 5.1 4.1 2.6 1.7 1.6 1.5
12th Grade 6.6 6.6 3.5 1.9 2.2 1.8
PCP
8th Grade NA NA NA NA NA NA
10th Grade NA NA NA NA NA NA
12th Grade 2.3 1.8 1.1 1.3 0.7 1.3

Source: Monitoring the Future.
NA-not available.

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Table 3: Federal-Wide Drug Seizures, in Kilograms, 2000-2004
Drug 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Cocaine 106,616 104,877 102,497 117,044 165,894
Hashish 10,878 161 621 155 164
Heroin 1,675 2,496 2,773 2,395 1,845
Marijuana 1,234,555 1,213,988 1,101,496 1,229,678 1,118,608
Methamphetamine 3,471 3,971 2,478 3,856 3,127

Source: Federal-Wide Drug Seizure System.

Table 4: Drug-Related Arrests, United States, 2000-2005
Drug 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005*
Major Drugs Cocaine 15,843 13,345 12,214 10,873 12,104 11,278
Marijuana 8,258 6,452 5,506 6,204 6,214 5,288
Heroin 3,696 3,108 2,574 2,163 2,521 2,038
Methamphetamine 8,163 7,361 6,218 6,001 5,833 5,693
Other Dangerous Drugs MDMA 1,533 1,974 1,505 1,019 936 681
GHB 0 2 0 10 19 19
LSD 159 93 27 21 24 8
PCP 54 87 49 117 65 55
Steroids 54 72 64 65 93 51
Pharmaceuticals Oxycodone 0 0 0 27 137 215
Hydrocodone 0 0 1 17 112 180
Hydromorphone 55 29 35 28 28 11
Benzodiazepines 33 30 44 27 23 25
Methylphenidate 0 0 0 1 1 2

Source: Drug Enforcement Administration.
*Data for 2005 are preliminary and incomplete.

Table 5: Other Dangerous Drugs Submitted for Testing in the United States, in Dosage Units, 2000-2005
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
GHB* 1,141,005 100,218 77,912 130,449 30,719 66,681
LSD** 24,460,970 93,974 1,624 667 146,585 327
MDMA** 4,661,813 13,241,796 5,873,094 2,350,450 2,018,226 8,592,376
PCP** 184,938 1,037,574 5,786,959 527,986 318,562 13,260

Source: System to Retrieve Information from Drug Evidence.
*Note: GHB data are derived from the STRIDE Incidence Summary Report (63/71A).
**Note: LSD, MDMA, and PCP data are derived from the STRIDE Statistical Summary Report (63/6).

Table 6: Average Purity of Drug Samples Tested, Percentage, 2001-2004
    2001 2002 2003 2004
Cocaine   78.0 77.0 82.0 84.0*
Heroin South America 78.0 72.0 70.0 NA
Southwest Asia 69.0 64.0 62.0 NA
Southeast Asia 68.0 73.0 63.0 NA
Mexico 30.0 33.0 37.0 NA
MDMA   53.6 50.6 55.6 53.9
Methamphetamine   39.1 43.6 57.2 60.6

Source: Drug Enforcement Administration.
*Representative of January through July 2004.
NA-not available.

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