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This report presents facts about substance use among adults age 65 and older, including information on substance use on an average day, receipt of substance use treatment, and emergency department (ED) visits. This paper draws upon three SAMHSA data collections: the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the...

This short report uses data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network to examine when alcohol-related emergency department (ED) visits occurred, by time of day and day of the week. Data from a nationally-representative sample of non-Federal, general hospitals with 24-hour EDs was used, with combined data for 2004-2011. The pattern...

This short report examines emergency department (ED) visits involving benzodiazepines, which are medications prescribed to relieve symptoms of anxiety, panic attacks and seizures. It looks at the effect of combining benzodiazepines with opioid pain relievers or alcohol, both substances that also depress the central nervous system. The report quantifies the...

This short report uses data on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits to examine the involvement of zolpidem in ED visits that are related to overmedication. Zolpidem is a medication used to treat insomnia. Overmedication may occur when a patient takes too much of their own medications (i.e., exceeds the prescribed...

This short report uses data on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits from the Drug Abuse Warning Network to examine the trends in ED visits involving methamphetamine from 2007 to 2011. In addition to the trends for total methamphetamine-related visits, it also shows trends by gender and by age group; the...

This short report uses data on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) to examine the trends and characteristics of ED visits involving drug-related suicide attempts among ED patients aged 45-64 in 2011. The report discusses the patterns for male and female patients, the drugs...

This Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) short report shows the estimated number of emergency room visits involving buprenorphine between 2005 and 2011. Buprenorphine is used to treat dependence on heroin and narcotic pain medications. The report also shows buprenorphine-related visits broken out by non-medical use, adverse reactions and seeking detoxification...

This Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) short report shows the estimated number of emergency room visits involving attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder stimulant medications between 2005 and 2010. The report shows visits for nonmedical use, adverse reactions, visits involving other pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs or alcohol.

This report compares estimates of youth substance use from the 2002 to 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) with estimates of similar measures from Monitoring the Future (MTF) and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Substances covered include cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and inhalants. Results...

This issue of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Report presents combined 2002 to 2010 data to examine substance use patterns among

This Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) short report is about emergency department visits involving energy drinks (beverages containing caffeine and vitamins/minerals) from 2007 to 2011.

This report uses 2003 to 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess past year need for and receipt of alcohol use treatment and illicit drug use treatment among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders aged 12 or older in comparison to persons of other racial and ethnic...

This report uses 2005 to 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess past year and past month nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs among persons aged 12 or older for rural non-metropolitan counties, urbanized non-metropolitan counties and metropolitan counties. Results are shown by age group, gender, and...

This report uses 2003 to 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess past year need for and receipt of alcohol use treatment and illicit drug use treatment among African Americans or Blacks aged 12 or older in comparison to persons of other racial and ethnic groups...

This report focuses on trends between 2002 and 2011 from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) in risk perception and substance use among adolescents aged 12 to 17. Adolescents evaluated whether people risk physical and other harm when they drink alcohol, use marijuana, use cocaine, use LSD...