The Nation : Military Drug Use Drops

The number of American military personnel who use drugs declined again last year and has now fallen by two-thirds during the past five years, the Pentagon said. The results of the confidential survey showed that 9% of the respondents had used drugs in the 30 days before the survey was taken. That compares with 19% who had taken drugs in the most recent survey in 1982 and 27% during a 1980 study, the Pentagon said. Officials said marijuana was by far the most-used drug. The report was based on survey answers from more than 20,000 men and women from all services.