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Table 79. Percentage of High School Students Who Used Selected Drugs in Selected Cities, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1999 and 2001 Local Surveys ¹

Local Area	Current Use²								Episodic heavy drinking ³		Lifetime Use
	Marijuana		Cocaine		Inhalant		Cigarette		Episodic heavy drinking ³		Illegal steroid use
	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001	1999	2001
Boston	20.5	21.7	2.1	—	2.0	—	17.8	15.4	17.4	18.1	2.5	3.1
Chicago	27.3	28.7	2.7	2.6	3.4	2.5	29.0	24.7	19.3	21.4	3.4	5.2
Dallas	23.2	20.4	4.1	5.2	3.6	3.4	25.0	17.8	21.1	20.7	3.2	3.9
Detroit	20.7	[19.5]	2.0	[2.2]	3.3	[2.8]	17.7	[12.4]	12.6	[11.2]	4.1	[4.7]
District of Columbia	25.7	[20.2]	1.3	[2.8]	2.1	[3.0]	19.9	[13.1]	14.9	[10.6]	1.4	[4.2]
Ft. Lauderdale	20.9	21.8	2.6	2.6	3.2	3.9	21.9	18.3	20.1	21.1	2.9	4.5
Houston	19.0	20.4	3.7	4.3	2.1	3.2	25.4	21.8	20.5	25.4	3.2	5.7
Los Angeles	—	22.5	—	5.9	—	4.6	—	14.5	—	21.9	—	4.4
Miami	19.3	17.0	5.2	4.0	4.0	2.6	20.9	16.9	19.5	19.1	4.2	3.2
Milwaukee	—	[23.7]	—	[3.0]	—	[3.7]	—	[19.8]	—	[19.0]	—	—
New Orleans	21.0	[16.8]	2.4	[2.3]	3.6	[3.3]	17.0	[11.9]	15.2	[12.6]	4.4	[4.5]
New York City	17.3	17.8	1.7	1.2	3.1	2.2	24.1	17.6	16.6	17.9	2.7	2.6
Orlando	—	20.2	—	2.9	—	4.8	—	17.8	—	20.7	—	4.8
Palm Beach	26.3	24.0	5.5	4.5	5.4	4.2	26.1	21.4	31.7	26.1	5.8	5.4
Philadelphia	21.4	21.4	2.1	1.3	2.2	1.8	23.0	15.8	17.0	13.6	3.8	4.1
San Bernardino	[19.4]	17.9	[2.7]	3.6	[3.4]	3.8	[19.9]	12.0	[29.1]	21.1	[4.7]	5.2
San Diego	22.2	22.5	3.2	3.8	4.1	3.3	23.1	17.1	22.3	24.3	3.4	5.2
San Francisco	[15.2]	18.3	[1.6]	—	[3.1]	3.1	[18.7]	13.3	[11.4]	13.2	[2.2]	2.3
Seattle	26.2	—	—	—	2.6	—	25.9	—	21.5	—	—	—
— Data not available. ¹ Percentages are based on weighted data, which is representative of the local area, except when enclosed in brackets. Bracketed percentages are based on unweighted data. Caution must be used in interpreting unweighted data since it may not be representative of the local area high school population. ² Use at least once on at least one of the 30 days preceding the survey. ³ Drank five or more drinks of alcohol on one or more occasions on at least one of the 30 days preceding the survey. Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 1999 (June 2000) and 2001 (June 2002), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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