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TABLE 2. Age <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> initiati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> drug use.<br />

Substance<br />

Alcohol 16.8<br />

Tobacco 16.8<br />

Sedatives 19.1<br />

Hypnotics NA<br />

Stimulants NA<br />

Marijuana 18.7<br />

Hallucinogens 23.1<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Inhalant</str<strong>on</strong>g>s 14.9<br />

Coca paste 20.8<br />

Cocaine hydrochloride 22.3<br />

Age <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> initiati<strong>on</strong><br />

1986 1988<br />

SOURCE: Ferrando (1990); Jutkowitz et al. (1987).<br />

17.3<br />

17.8<br />

22.3<br />

19.9<br />

19.3<br />

18.6<br />

21.0<br />

14.2<br />

20.3<br />

21 .0<br />

Finally, the findings <strong>on</strong> gender differences suggest that inhalant abuse is<br />

more prevalent am<strong>on</strong>g men (3.6 percent in Ferrando [1993]) than women<br />

(1.6 percent). Data from these surveys also suggest that glue and gasoline<br />

are the most preferred substances used by inhalant users. The 1986<br />

survey showed that 41 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> inhalant users reported lifetime use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

glue, and 29.6 percent reported lifetime use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> gasoline. The lifetime<br />

rates for glue and gasoline use in 1988 were 55 percent and 35 percent,<br />

respectively. Of survey subjects who have ever tried these substances, 41<br />

percent preferred glues in 1986, and that percentage rose to 55 percent in<br />

1988. In 1986, 27.3 percent preferred gasoline and 35 percent preferred<br />

this substance in 1988.<br />

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