2001 National Household  Survey on Drug Abuse

Prevention-Related Measures (Risk and Availability) Table - Table H.56

20718 (3.1B)
Table H.56 Percentages Reporting about Risk and Availability of Drugs, by Age Group: 2000 and 2001

Risk/Availability1	Total		AGE GROUP (Years)
			12-17		18-25		26 or Older
	2000	2001	2000	2001	2000	2001	2000	2001
PERCEPTIONS OF GREAT RISK
Cigarettes
Smoke one or more packs per day	69.3b	71.0	64.1	63.6	64.7	64.8	70.8b	73.0
Marijuana
Smoke once a month	44.3b	41.9	37.7b	35.7	29.8b	26.9	47.8b	45.3
Smoke once or twice a week	56.4b	53.3	56.0b	53.5	41.9b	37.8	58.9b	56.0
Cocaine
Use once a month	76.0b	74.6	55.4a	54.1	69.0b	66.5	80.1a	78.8
Use once or twice a week	90.8b	90.0	82.1	81.3	88.1a	87.0	92.4a	91.7
Heroin
Try once or twice	84.4b	83.5	62.3	61.2	79.5a	78.3	88.3a	87.4
Use once or twice a week	94.1	93.7	84.1a	83.1	93.0	92.8	95.6	95.4
LSD
Try once or twice	76.8b	75.2	57.2a	56.1	65.2b	62.7	81.5b	79.9
Use once or twice a week	89.4a	88.7	77.7	77.3	84.3	83.6	91.9a	91.1
Alcohol
Four or five drinks nearly every day	70.6	70.1	63.7	63.2	63.8a	62.3	72.7	72.4
Five or more drinks once or twice a week	47.1a	45.9	43.2	42.8	37.5a	36.0	49.3a	48.0
AVAILABILITY
Fairly or very easy to obtain
Marijuana	54.8b	56.6	54.1a	55.4	75.3b	77.2	51.2b	53.0
Cocaine	30.4	30.8	25.2	25.5	39.0	40.2	29.6	29.8
Crack	29.0	29.2	26.8	27.0	33.9	33.6	28.4	28.7
Heroin	19.4	19.0	17.0	16.7	22.6	22.2	19.2	18.8
LSD	22.3	21.9	23.0	22.8	33.5	32.6	20.2	19.8
Approached by someone selling drugs past month	7.4a	7.8	15.9	16.3	17.4a	18.5	4.5	4.9

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
^aDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.
^bDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.
¹Respondents with missing data were excluded.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

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