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This report provides state and substate estimates of nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers among people aged 12 or older using combined 2012-2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data. Estimates are provided for the nation as a whole and for each state and substate areas. Comparisons are made...

This report uses NSDUH data from 2002 to 2007 on Prescription Pain Relievers. In 2007, 2.1 percent of persons aged 12 or older (an estimated 5.2 million persons) reported using prescription pain relievers nonmedically in the past month; this rate does not differ significantly from that in 2002.

This report presents findings from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on the use and misuse of prescription psychotherapeutic drugs (i.e., pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives) in the past year for the population aged 12 or older in the United States. The report presents additional...

This CBHSQ data review uses 2002 through 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to examine recent trends in heroin initiation, including the role of nonmedical prescription pain reliever use in the heroin trend among persons aged 12 to 49. Data are presented for various age groups...