HOW COMMON IS HALLUCINOGEN USE?
In 1997, 9.8 percent of high school seniors, 7.6 percent of tenth graders, and 3.7 percent of eighth graders reported using hallucinogens in the past year. Hallucinogen use had declined from 1975 to 1991, increased each year from 1991 through 1996. and dropped slightly in 1997 for all three grade levels. Use was most common in 1975, when 11.2 percent of high school seniors reported using hallucinogens in the past year. In 1997, LSD had been used in the past year by 8.4 percent of twelfth graders, 6.7 percent of tenth graders, and 3.2 percent of eighth graders. The 1996 National Household Survey found that among all young people aged 12 to 17, 5.6 percent had used hallucinogens in their life, 4.3 percent had used them in the past year, and 2.0 percent had used hallucinogens in the past month. Among those aged 18 to 25, 6.9 percent had used hallucinogens in the past year, and 2.3 percent had used in the past month. Among those aged 26 to 34, 1.1 percent had used hallucinogens in the past
