Jan. 6, 2009 -
PRLog -- The 1997 NHSDA found that an estimated 13.9 million Americans twelve years and older had used an illicit drug in the month before the interview. Many more people try drugs than go on to become regular users. Although NHSDA survey results show that nearly 36 percent of all Americans older than age eleven have tried any illicit drug during their lifetimes, only 11 percent have used any illicit drug during the past year, and only 6 percent have used any illicit drug during the past month. This same finding holds true for specific illicit drugs. In their lifetimes, 33 percent of Americans age twelve or older have smoked marijuana at least once, but only 5.1 percent used marijuana during the past month.
Andrew Cherry, Mary E. Dillon, and Douglas Rugh, eds., Substance Abuse: A Global View (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002) 218, Questia, 6 Jan. 2009 .
Visit http://www.oaktreedelray.com for information on how to stop using drugs and alcohol.
