National Household Survey on Drug

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Feldmann J and Rouse BA (eds) (1999). National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2003). 2001 national household survey on drug abuse (NHSDA), http //www.samhsa.gov/oas/nhsda/... 

Prenatal exposure. Data collected from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, a nationally representative sample survey of 22,303 noninstitutionalized women aged... 

Another important survey conducted by the United States HHS is the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA). This survey is conducted in the homes of teens, rather than in school. Currently, the NHSDA survey is taken via a computer survey for drug-related questions. Though there are some inherent limitations in its methodology, as compared to the MTF survey and others not conducted in-home where teens might be timid to reply truthfully, NHSDA is considered to be a very reliable study and its results highly representative of actual drug use. The NHSDA was conducted periodically from 1971 and annually since 1990. 

National Household Survey on Drug Abuse www.samhsa.gov/oas/nhsda.htm... 

NSDUH (formerly known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) is an annual survey of Americans age 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Copies of the latest survey are available at www.samhsa.gov and from NIDA at 877-643-2644. 

Indications of a decline of cocaine use are found in the US National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health as well as in student surveys (from both the US and Canada) and in data from drug treatment admissions. 

Sources UNODC Annual Reports Questionnaires data, National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse, UNODC Rapid Assessement Studies, Council of Europe, ESPAD. 

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (formerly the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) of the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides a detailed annual snapshot of the prevalence of drug abuse in our society. The charts in this and the following section are based on the findings of this survey for 2002. 

The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse found inhalants to be the second most commonly abused illicit drug by American youth ages 12-17 years, after marijuana. 

National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) estimates that a third of the American population (then an estimated 72 million people) had tried marijuana at least once. 

Lifetime use of benzodiazepines has decreased slighty over the years, but this reduction has been minimal. According to the results from an annual survey done by SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, of the United States Department of Health), use of tranquilizers or benzodiazepines has decreased. Data from SAMSHA s 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse shows that in persons aged 18-25, lifetime use of tranquilizers decreased from 7.9% in 1999 to 7.4% in 2000. Past year usage of tranquilizers in this age group also decreased, from 3.1% in 1999, to 3.0% in 2000. Finally, past month usage of tranquilizers in the 18 to 25-year-old respondents to the survey decreased, from 1.1% in 1999, to 1.0% in 2000. 

In 2001, the annual Monitoring the Future study (MTF), conducted by the University of Michigan and funded by the National Institute on Dmg Abuse, found that 17.1% of eighth graders had abused inhalants at some point in their lives. In 1995, the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse found inhalants to be the second most commonly abused illicit drug by American youth ages 12 years to 17 years, after marijuana. 

Research on gender differences in use of inhalants have produced varying findings. In 1998, the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse found an even gender split in adolescents (ages 12-17) who experimented with inhalants. However, continued use was more common among older males the rate of inhalant abuse by males 18 years to 25 years was twice that of their female peers. 

Each year, the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)—the United States Department of Health and Human Services—collects statistical data on five drug groups marijuana and hashish psychotherapeutic drugs cocaine and crack hallucinogens and inhalants. Psychotherapeutic drugs include stimulants, sedatives, tranquilizers, and pain relievers. Meperidine and other opioids constitute the majority of the pain relievers in that group. 

There have been numerous studies over the past few years trying to gauge the extent of methamphetamine use. According to the 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, an estimated 4.7 million people had tried methamphetamine at some point in their lives. That same survey, done again in the year 2000, showed that the number of methamphetamine users had grown to 8.8 million. 

Older people receive prescriptions at three times the rate of the rest of the population. But the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse recorded the sharpest increase in nonmedical use of prescription drugs in young adults and teens. 

Chronic inhalant use is related to poor academic performance. According to the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse 2000, kids with a D average in school were three times more likely to have used inhalants in the prior 12 months than the A-average students surveyed. 

National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Table 40A and Table 40B. Percentages Reporting Lifetime Use. . 

Source SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug... 

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