Appendix 3

lifetime experience with drugs - persons aged 14-19 years, australia 1988 and 1991

            Per cent    

Male Female Persons
1988 1991 1988 1991 1988 1991
Drug type N=389 N=269 N=385 N=262 N=774 N=531

Alcohol 88 81 82 87 85 84

Tobacco 70 62 67 72 69 68

Marijuana/hashish 33 40 25 27 29 33

Inhalants 6 6 6 9 6 8

Barbiturates 2 4 3 2 2 3

Tranquillisers 6 7 7 11 6 9

Amphetamines 4 8 3 5 4 7

Cocaine/crack 2 3 1 2 1 2

Hallucinogens 5 11 5 5 5 8

Heroin a 1 a 2 a Less than 0.5 %(a) 2

Analgesics 42 61 50 67 46 65

Ecstasy/designer drugs 1 7 a 1 1 4
a Less than 0.5 %

Sources: NCADA National Household Surveys 1988, 1991