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<strong>EPIDEMIOLOGIC</strong> TRENDS IN <strong>DRUG</strong> <strong>ABUSE</strong>—Los Angeles County<br />

Exhibit 12. Long-Term Trends in the Percentage of Current Substance Users Among a Sample of Los<br />

Angeles County Secondary School Students, by Percent: 1999–2004<br />

Respondents School Year<br />

1 Reporting Past 30-Day<br />

Use of… 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002–03 2003-04<br />

At Least One Drink of Alcohol<br />

5+ Alcoholic Drinks/Occasion (a.k.a., Binge<br />

29.2 28.4 25.4 24.8 24.6<br />

Drinking)<br />

14.4 13.4 12.4 12.4 12.3<br />

Cocaine (any form) 4.9 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.8<br />

Inhalants 5.7 5.1 5.0 5.3 5.3<br />

LSD/Other Psychedelics 5.0 4.4 3.3 2.8 2.9<br />

Marijuana 13.2 13.0 12.0 10.9 10.3<br />

Methamphetamine 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.3 3.7<br />

1 All respondents include: responding 7th graders (when applicable), 9th graders, 11th graders, and a small sample of nontraditional<br />

students (enrolled in continuation or alternative schooling programs).<br />

SOURCE: California Healthy Kids Survey, Los Angeles County Sample, WestEd<br />

Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, Vol. II, January 2005 117

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