Illicit Drug Use and Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 and Older in the US by Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity, Numbers in Thousands, 2021 and 2022
  Illicit Drugs Marijuana
Demographic Characteristic Lifetime (2021) Lifetime (2022) Past Year (2021) Past Year (2022) Past Month (2021) Past Month (2022) Lifetime (2021) Lifetime (2022) Past Year (2021) Past Year (2022) Past Month (2021) Past Month (2022)
Total 139,677 143,116 61,995 70,338 40,564 46,603 128,961 132,296 53,181 61,903 36,950 42,317
Age  
12-17 5,738 5,377 3,802 3,688 1,964 1,884 3,555 3,466 2,845 2,947 1,586 1,647
18-25 18,275 19,121 13,036 14,221 8,648 9,478 17,030 18,053 12,133 13,299 8,236 9,013
26 or Older 115,664 118,618 45,156 52,429 29,952 35,241 108,376 110,776 38,204 45,656 27,128 31,657
Gender  
Male Aged 12 and Older 72,108 74,761 32,936 37,740 22,469 26,081 66,833 69,667 28,781 33,475 20,920 23,578
Female Aged 12 and Older 67,569 68,355 29,058 32,598 18,096 20,522 62,128 62,629 24,401 28,427 16,030 18,739
Ethnicity and Race  
Not Hispanic or Latino Aged 12 and Older 120,080 122,138 52,216 58,392 34,541 39,143 111,792 113,865 45,225 51,562 31,656 35,449
  White Aged 12 and Older 94,235 96,397 39,075 44,085 25,877 29,447 88,228 90,413 33,814 39,132 23,587 26,764
  Black or African-American Aged 12 and Older 16,402 16,512 8,277 9,188 5,629 6,392 15,138 15,213 7,277 8,090 5,269 5,797
  American Indian or Alaska Native Aged 12 and Older 1,213 785 677 464 521 275 1,134 700 655 399 497 263
  Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Aged 12 and Older * Low Precision Estimate * Low Precision Estimate * Low Precision Estimate * Low Precision Estimate * Low Precision Estimate 200 * Low Precision Estimate * Low Precision Estimate * Low Precision Estimate * Low Precision Estimate * Low Precision Estimate 118
  Asian Aged 12 and Older 4,175 4,436 1,849 2,322 964 1,255 3,574 3,889 1,444 1,905 497 263
  Two or More Races Aged 12 and Older 3,388 3,476 1,921 2,064 1,329 1,575 3,152 3,206 1,696 1,827 1,206 1,447
Hispanic or Latino Aged 12 and Older 19,597 20,978 9,779 11,946 6,023 7,461 17,169 18,431 7,956 10,340 5,294 6,868
Source

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2023). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. PEP23-07-01-006, NSDUH Series H-58). Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.