Table 10

Initiations of other illegal drugs by race (N=2400). Although race seems related to initiation rates throughout, this shows that drug initiations by all aces trying cannabis have been falling proportionately as the adolescent market matured.

Caucasian

African American

Hispanic

Asian

Psilocybin

82.33%

41.08%

53.50%

65.21%

LSD

69.56%

28.13%

43.71%

42.47%

P/M

35.19%

21.42%

15.34%

19.82%

Coke

74.21%

49.76%

55.55%

51.30%

Meth

52.59%

20.28%

34.67%

30.08%

MDMA

43.43%

28.88%

31.21%

64.65%

Heroin

17.54%

10.50%

7.10%

7.75%

O'Connell and Bou-Matar Harm Reduction Journal 2007 4:16   doi:10.1186/1477-7517-4-16