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TABLE 3.4 Prevalence of Drug Use and Dependencea in the General Population


Drug Category Proportion That Have Ever Used (%) Proportion of Users That Ever Became Dependent (%)
Tobacco 76 32
Alcohol 92 15
Marijuana (including hashish) 46b 9
Anxiolytics (including sedatives and hypnotic drugs) 13 9
Cocaine 16 17
Heroin 2 23


    aDiagnosis of drug dependence used in this study based on DSM-III-R criteria.2

    bThe percentage of people who ever used marijuana is higher than that reported by the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (32%), probably due to different survey methods (for discussion, see Kandel, 199276).

    SOURCE: Adapted from Table 2 in Anthony and co-workers (1994).8