Cocaine use among high school students

Percent of high school students who report they used any form of cocaine (for example, powder, crack, or freebase) 1 or more times (lifetime) Massachusetts United States
Total 4% 5%
Male 6% 6%
Female 2% 3%

Misuse of pain relievers, ages 12-17, 2015-2016

Percent of adolescents ages 12-17 who report they: Massachusetts United States
Used pain relievers in any way not directed by a doctor in the past year 3% 4%

Needing but not receiving treatment at a specialty facility for substance use, ages 12-17, 2015-2016

Percent of adolescents ages 12-17 who report they: Massachusetts United States
Needed but did not receive treatment at a specialty facility for alcohol use in the past year 2% 2%
Needed but did not receive treatment at a specialty facility for illicit drug use in the past year 3% 3%

Data notes

All percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.
N/A: data are not available for this measure for this state.
* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision; based on fewer than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
National and state data sheets are updated annually. The specific timing of updates depends on the release schedule of the data sources cited for each topic.

Data sources

SA1
2017 high school data are from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). 1991-2017 High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey [Data set]. Retrieved from http://nccd.cdc.gov/YouthOnline/App/Default.aspx
SA2
2015-2016 data on use of pain relievers and need of treatment are from: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2017). 2015-2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health state estimates – individual Excel and CSV files by outcome, tables 11, 23 and 24 [Data set]. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/data-we-collect/nsduh-national-survey-drug-use-and-health
Content created by Office of Adolescent Health
Content last reviewed on May 1, 2019