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The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992

Table 6.11

Alcohol and Drug Use in AFDC and Food Stamp Households

AFDC Food Stamps
Alcohol

Three or more binge-drinking episodes per month, (a binge is drinking five or more drinks in a row)

8.7 10.4
Marijuana

Past year

16.7 15.1

Past month

8.7 7.8

Weekly for past year

5.4 5.2

Daily or almost daily for past year

3.1 2.9
Cocaine

Past year

6.4 6.4

Past month

1.6 2.1

Weekly for past year

1.0 1.3
Psychotherapeutic drugs

Past year

7.2 6.9

Past month

2.9 2.5
Any illicit drug use

Past year

21.6 19.5

Past month

10.5 10.1

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1994a).


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