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...
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This report uses combined 2002 to 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess the average number of full-time college students aged 18 to 22 using substances for the first time per day for the year as a whole and for each month of the year. Substances...
This short report uses 2002 to 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess heroin-related trends in the United States among those aged 12 or older. Topics covered include past year heroin use, dependence and abuse, receipt of substance use treatment for herion use, heroin initiation, perceived...
This report presents an evaluation of the coverage, overlap, biases, strengths, and weaknesses of three sources of data on the receipt of specialty substance use treatment: the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), and the Treatment Episode Data Set...
Abstract The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program provide information on alcohol and drug use by individuals who have recently been arrested. The studies differ in their target populations (civilian, noninstitutionalized individuals vs. arrestees in 39 sites recently booked into...
This spotlight uses 2002 to 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess receipt of substance use prevention messages by youth aged 12 to 17 by whether the youth lives with foster parents, biological parents, or adoptive parents.
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...
This report uses 2002 to 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess the average number of adolescents aged 12 to 17 using substances for the first time per day for the year as a whole and for each month of the year. Substances examined include alcohol...
This report uses 2002 to 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess past month alcohol use, cigarette use, marijuana use, and nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs among Hispanic youth aged 12 to 17. Results are shown for each substance by year, Hispanic subgroups, whether born in...
This report uses 2004 to 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess whether parents of adolescents aged 12 to 17 thought what they said influenced whether their child used drugs and whether they talked to their child about the dangers of substance use.
This report uses 2002 to 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess past month binge alcohol use, marijuana use, and nonmedical use of prescription-type psychotherapeutics among adolescents aged 12 to 17 by whether they had been in therapeutic foster care or traditional foster care.
This report uses 2002 to 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess past month illicit drug, alcohol, and cigarette use among pregnant women aged 18 to 44. Results are shown by race/ethnic group and type of substance used.
This report uses 2002 to 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess past month alcohol, cigarette, illicit drug use among youth aged 12 to 17 living with a veteran father and youth living with a nonveteran father.
This report uses 2006 to 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess the source of most recently used marijuana among youth aged 12 to 14 who are past year marijuana users.