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Drugs
and young people: prevention and therapeutic models
of intervention within the context of social development
Fikile
Mazibuko
Appendix C
Percentages
Reporting About Risk and Availability of Drugs Among Persons Aged
12 to 17: 1994-1999 PAPI
|
Risk/Availability
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999-P1
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PERCEPTIONS OF GREAT RISK
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Cigarettes
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Smoke
one or more packs per day
|
51.7
|
--
|
54.0
|
53.6
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54.1
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54.5
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Marijuana
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Smoke
once a month
|
32.9b
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--
|
32.6a
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30.9
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30.8
|
29.0
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Smoke
once or twice a week
|
58.5b
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--
|
57.1
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54.0
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54.4
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52.6
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Cocaine
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Use
once a month
|
63.3b
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--
|
54.4b
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54.4b
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54.3b
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49.8
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Use
once or twice a week
|
84.0b
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--
|
81.4
|
82.4
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81.6
|
80.4
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Alcohol
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Four
or five drinks nearly every day
|
65.4
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--
|
66.7
|
65.3
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66.4
|
65.9
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Five
or more drinks once or twice a week
|
54.3b
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--
|
45.2
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46.5a
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47.0a
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42.2
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AVAILABILITY
|
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Fairly
or very easy to obtain
|
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Marijuana
|
57.6
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--
|
57.7
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57.9
|
56.3
|
54.5
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Cocaine
|
35.3b
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--
|
32.0a
|
30.4
|
29.9
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27.9
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Crack
|
33.4b
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--
|
29.2
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28.9
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28.7
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27.8
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Heroin
|
25.3b
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--
|
22.8
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21.4
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21.2
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19.7
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Approached
by someone selling drugs past month
|
|
|
13.0
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--
|
14.9
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14.6
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13.7
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13.2
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Notes
- *Low
precision; no estimate reported.
- --
Not available.
- 1
1999 estimates have been adjusted to reflect the 1998 distribution
of past NHSDA interviewing experience among field interviewers.
- a Difference
between estimate and 1999 estimate is statistically significant
at the .05 level.
- b Difference
between estimate and 1999 estimate is statistically significant
at the .01 level.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household
Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994-1999 PAPI.
www.samhsa.gov/oas/NHDSA/1999/Chapter4.htm
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