Drug use
Table 1 shows the prevalence of drug use both in general
and by gender. According to this table, alcohol was the most
widely used drug across all measures (lifetime = 86.2%; use
in the last 12 months = 72%; use in the last 30 days = 60.5%).
Nearly half of the students (48.7%) reported that they had
tried at least one illicit drug in their lifetime, slightly over
one-third (36.9%) reported using a drug in the last 12 months
and approximately one quarter (25.9%) reported using a drug
in the last 30 days. Marijuana was by far the most commonly
used illicit drug, followed by amphetamines, tranquilizers,
inhalants and hallucinogens.