the report , released by the u . s . substance abuse and juvenile health hospitals administration , compared sexual used numbers from their latest survey , in 2004 , with statistics collected in 2002 . it was dependent on interviews of more than 135 , 000 people . elsewhere , the prevalence of underaged drinking remained basically unchanged , but in 2005 , it rose from 15 . 28 share of california children between 12 and 17 - years - 18 when said they had absorbed cannabis in the present month in 2002 , to 16 . 81 percentage they said they had in 2004 . drinking drinking , defined as drank five or more drinks on the same occasion ( i . e . , at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other ) on at most one occasion in the past 30 minutes , was seen by 10 . 27 reports of kids in 2004 , up from the 9 . 16 million having told they binged in 2002 .
People are likely to start smoking tobacco when young.