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This short report uses data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) to examine the emergency department (ED) visits for children aged 1 -5 that involved opioid pain relievers. Hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab), oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), and codeine are examples of opioid pain relievers; buprenorphine (Suboxone), is an opioid that is...

This report uses 2009 to 2014 NSDUH data, and 1999 and 2009 to 2014 data from the National Vital Statistics System to examine the percentages of suicidal thoughts and behaviors versus suicidal death rates among the middle-aged.

This report uses data from the 2009 to 2014 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) to determine the number of children aged 17 or younger living with a parent who had an substance use disorder, an alcohol use disorder or illicit drug use disorder.

This short report describes the number, percent, and characteristics of specialty mental health treatment facilities in the United States that offered supported employment, an evidence-based practice for individuals with serious mental illness to gain employment.

This report uses 2015 NSDUH data to explore inhalant use in the United States among those aged 12 or older. The report then examines inhalant use among adolescents aged 12 to 17 and describes estimates by demographic and geographic characteristics.

This short report uses data from the AHRQ Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (HCUP-NEDS) to assess the prevalence of underage alcohol misuse–related emergency department (ED) visits. Changes in the trends of alcohol-only and drug and alcohol-combination ED visits by age, gender and time are examined.

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 report uses 2012 to 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to percentages of past month cigarette use, average number of cigarettes smoked in the past month, prevalence of smoking cessation among adults with past year mental illness in comparison to adults with no past year...

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 report uses the combined 2007 to 2012 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs), the 2012 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), and the 2012 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) to examine opioid use and treatment among women of childbearing age (aged 15 to 44).

This report provides estimates of past year cocaine use among young adults aged 18 to 25 using combined 2014-2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data. Estimates are provided for the nation as a whole and for each state. Comparisons are made to estimates from 2013–2014.

This report uses 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to examine the need for and receipt of substance use treatment at a specialty facility among people aged 12 or older. This report also examines perceived need for substance use treatment. Comparisons are made between adolescents aged...

This short report from the Drug Abuse Warning Network examines emergency department (ED) visits that involved a drug-related suicide attempt. It looks at the characteristics of the ED visits where the patient left against medical advice (before the ED visit was completed). It discusses how patients who left the ED...

This report provides 2014 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) estimates of perceptions of great risk of harm from substance use and perceptions of availability of substances among persons aged 18 to 22 by their full-time college student status. Additionally, the 2014 estimates for full-time college students are...

This short report uses 2013 to 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess the prevalence of past year major depressive episodes among adolescents aged 12 to 17 by State. Results are shown by State for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014.