Cocaine Use and Educational Achievement: Understanding a Changing Association Over the Past 2 Decades
Valerie S. Harder, MHS and
Howard D. Chilcoat, ScD
At the time this research was conducted, Valerie S. Harder and Howard D. Chilcoat were with the Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
FIGURE 1——Weighted proportion of US adults aged 19–50 years who reported recent-onset (i.e., within the past 24 months) cocaine use between 1979 and 2002, by educational attainment level: National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
FIGURE 2——Weighted proportion of US adults aged 19–50 years who reported persistent cocaine use between 1979 and 2002, by educational attainment level: National Survey on Drug Use and Health.