Table 14. Prevalence of Monthly Drug Use Among 6th–8th, 9th–12th, and 12th graders,
PRIDE 1994– 1995 through 2001–2002

	1994– 1995	1995– 1996	1996– 1997	1997– 1998	1998– 1999	1999– 2000	2000– 2001	2001– 2002	Change1
Cigarettes
6th–8th	15.7	17.2	17.3	15.6	13.2	9.6	9.0	7.3	- 1.7*
9th–12th	31.3	33.4	34.7	33.9	31.1	28.7	27.6	22.6	- 5.0*
12th	34.6	36.2	38.3	40.7	37.5	36.3	35.5	28.7	- 6.8*
Beer
6th–8	11.8	12.5	12.1	10.7	10.2	8.7	7.9	6.9	- 1.0*
9th–12th	33.3	34.3	34.4	31.9	31.5	30.9	30.9	27.5	- 3.4*
12th	40.6	41.2	41.7	41.0	39.9	39.1	40.1	36.2	- 3.9*
Wine coolers
6th–8th	9.8	10.8	10.8	9.9	9.6	8.7	7.7	7.0	- 0.7*
9th–12th	23.1	22.3	22.3	21.4	22.9	22.0	22.3	20.6	- 1.7*
12th	25.6	22.9	23.7	23.9	25.5	24.7	25.3	24.1	- 1.2
Liquor
6th–8th	8.5	9.0	9.1	8.0	8.0	6.5	6.0	5.1	- 0.9*
9th–12th	27.4	28.2	28.7	26.9	28.1	27.6	28.7	25.1	- 3.6*
12th	32.5	32.8	34.0	34.1	35.3	35.4	37.0	33.4	- 3.6*
Marijuana
6th–8th	5.7	8.1	8.6	7.1	6.5	5.2	5.3	4.7	- 0.6*
9th–12th	18.5	22.3	22.7	20.8	20.3	19.3	20.5	18.5	- 2.0*
12th	20.9	24.3	24.4	23.6	23.1	23.4	24.2	21.9	- 2.3*
Cocaine
6th–8th	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.2	1.3	+0.1
9th–12th	2.6	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.2	2.9	3.0	2.7	- 0.3*
12th	2.9	3.6	3.6	4.0	4.1	3.6	4.2	3.8	- 0.4
Uppers
6th–8th	2.0	2.4	2.6	2.5	2.1	1.7	1.6	1.4	- 0.2*
9th–12th	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.0	5.2	5.7	3.9	- 1.8*
12th	5.6	5.8	5.6	6.3	5.8	6.2	7.2	4.8	- 2.4*
Downers
6th–8th	1.5	1.9	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.4	- 0.1
9th–12th	3.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	4.0	4.1	4.6	3.9	- 0.7*
12th	3.6	4.1	3.9	4.9	4.5	4.8	5.9	4.7	- 1.2*
Inhalants
6th–8th	2.9	3.5	3.7	3.3	2.7	2.3	2.1	1.9	- 0.2
9th–12th	3.5	3.4	3.1	3.1	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.3	- 0.4*
12th	3.0	3.1	2.7	2.8	3.0	2.7	3.1	2.5	- 0.6*
Hallucinogens
6th–8th	1.5	1.8	2.0	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.3	1.2	- 0.1
9th–12th	4.1	4.5	4.2	3.9	4.2	3.6	3.9	2.7	- 1.2*
12th	4.8	5.1	4.6	4.5	5.2	4.4	5.3	3.6	- 1.7*
1Difference between the 2000–2001 and 2001–2002 surveys. Changes marked with * are statistically significant at the .05 level.

	Sample sizes
Grade	1994– 1995	1995– 1996	1996– 1997	1997– 1998	1998– 1999	1999– 2000	2000– 2001	2001– 2002
6th–8th	92,453	58,596	68,071	68,149	58,619	59,243	37,653	48,026
9th–12th	105,788	70,964	73,006	86,201	79,460	55,075	38,151	53,856
12th	20,698	14,261	15,532	15,816	16,366	11,680	8,136	10,876
Source: PRIDE Questionnaire Report, 1994–1995, 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1997–1998, 1998–1999, 1999–2000, 2000–2001, and 2001–2002.

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