New Alcohol or Drug Users, Initiation of Alcohol or Drug Use

Trends: New Users, Drug Initiation Rates

Reports on New Users or Age of First Use

New Nonmedical Users of Prescription-type Drugs:  Chapter     Tables

Reports on New Users, Age of First Use, etc.

Also see:  Trends in New Users

The NSDUH Report:  Substance Use and Dependence Following Initiation of Alcohol or Illicit Drug Use

The NSDUH Report: Depression and the Initiation of Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Young Adults

The NSDUH Report: Depression and the Initiation of Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Youths Aged 12 to 17

New Nonmedical Users of Prescription-type Drugs:  Chapter     Tables

Initiation of Substance Use   2005 National Survey on Drug Use & Health

The NSDUH Report:  Nonmedical Users of Pain Relievers, Characteristics of Recent Initiates

The NSDUH Report:  Characteristics of Recent Adolescent Inhalant Initiates

The DASIS Report: Age of First Use among Admissions for Drugs: 1993 & 2003

The NSDUH Report:  Age at First Use of Marijuana and Past Year Serious Mental Illness

The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Alcohol Admissions by Age of First Use of Alcohol: 2002

The NSDUH Report:  Alcohol Dependence or Abuse and Age at First Use

The NSDUH Report:  Seasonality of Youth's First Time Use of Marijuana, Cigarettes, or Alcohol

Initiation of Tobacco & Patterns of Use

The NHSDA Report:  Characteristics of New Marijuana Users

The NHSDA Report:  How Youths Get Cigarettes

Use of Incidence and Prevalence in the Substance Use Literature:  A Review  (PDF format, 116 KB)

Initiation of Substance Use (Tables H.42 - H.55)  - data from 2001 NHSDA

Initiation of Marijuana Use:  Trends, Patterns and Implications

Trends in New Users, Drug Initiation Rates

2005 Data:

• Initiation of Substance Use   2005 National Survey on Drug Use & Health

2004 Data:

• Initiation of Substance Use   2004 National Survey on Drug Use & Health

2003 Data:

The DASIS Report: Age of First Use among Admissions for Drugs: 1993 & 2003

Results of the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Trends in Initiation of New Users

• Alcohol

• Cocaine

• Ecstasy, LSD, PCP and other hallucinogens

• Heroin

• Marijuana

• Psychotherapeutics - non medical use

• Tobacco

Chapter:  Recent Trends in Youth & Young Adult Substance Use

2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health

• Chapter:  Trends in Initiation of Substance Use
  • Alcohol
  • Tobacco
  • Marijuana
  • Cocaine
  • Heroin
  • Hallucinogens
  • Inhalants
  • Psychotherapeutics
  • Incidence Tables (PDF format, Go to tables 4.1 - 4.14):   (marijuana, cocaine, crack, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and psychotherapeutics)
    • Male new users:  (PDF format, Go to tables 4.20 - 4.33)
    • Female new users:  (PDF format, Go to tables 4.39 - 4.52)

2001 Data:

• 2001 Data Tables:  Trends in Estimated New Users of Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin, Hallucinogens, Inhalants, Pain Relievers, Tranquilizers, Stimulants, Sedatives, Alcohol, Cigarettes, Daily Cigarette Use, Smokeless Tobacco, & Cigars (1965-2000):  Data Tables #H 35-54

• Discussion from 2001 NHSDA:  Trends in Initiation of Substance Use (HTML format)     PDF format
       Marijuana
       Cocaine
       Heroin
       Hallucinogens
       Inhalants
       Psychotherapeutics
       Alcohol
       Tobacco 

• Trends in Initiation of Substance Use Chapter in 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

• Initiation of Substance Use (Tables H.42 - H.55)  - data from 2001 NHSDA

• Initiation of Marijuana Use:  Trends, Patterns and Implications

2000 Data:

• Trends In Initiation of Substance Use:  Findings from the 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

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