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.
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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...
This report presents results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The report includes national estimates of rates of initiation and use of illicit drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and the nonmedical use of prescription-type pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives), alcohol, and tobacco...
This report presents results from the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The report includes national estimates of rates of initiation and use of illicit drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and the nonmedical use of prescription-type pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives), alcohol, and tobacco...