Erowid
 
 
Plants - Drugs Mind - Spirit Freedom - Law Arts - Culture Library  
Erowid - Honest Global Drug Information
We're an educational non-profit working to provide a balanced, honest look at
psychoactive drugs and drug use--to reduce harms, improve benefits, & support
reasonable policies. This work is made possible by $10, $50, & $100 donations.
Alcohol Use Statistics
by Erowid


In 1993, SAMHSA changed their survey questions regarding alcohol. In previous years, they had asked whether respondents had ever tried any alcohol and in 1993 they changed the question to whether those surveyed had ever drunk "ore than a few sips" of alcohol. In 1993, they asked both questions. The above graph represents this change and the 1993 bar shows that the difference, for that year, would have been around 7% (7% more people report having tried "any" than having tried "more than a few sips".

90.4 91.9 92.5 93.1 93.0 93.2 92.6 92.8 92.6 92.6 92.2 91.3 92.2 92.0 90.7 89.5 88.0 87.5 80.0 80.4 80.7 79.2 81.7 81.4 80.0 80.3 79.7