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This short report uses 2013 to 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess sources of misused prescription pain relievers in the United States overall, by demographic subgroups, and by three types of user: (1) recent initiates, (2) frequent users, and (3) occasional users.

This spotlight uses combined 2002 to 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to examine marijuana and pain reliever use among veterans and non-veterans.

This report presents findings from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) with a focus on comparing estimates related to substance use and mental health for military family members (spouses and children) with general population estimates. The numbers of military family members included in the 2015 NSDUH...

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.

This report presents data from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) regarding the perceived harmfulness of using cigarettes,alcohol, and specific illicit drugs and the perceived availability of substances. Estimates are presented for specific age groups. Estimates of the perceived great risk of harm associated with the...

These pill images are from the ACASI portion of the 2015 NSDUH questionnaire.

This report summarizes methods and other supporting information that are relevant to estimates of substance use and mental health issues from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged 12 years old or older. Section...

This report presents findings from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on the use and misuse of prescription psychotherapeutic drugs (i.e., pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives) in the past year for the population aged 12 or older in the United States. The report presents additional...

This report details the changes to trends for specific questionnaire items resulting from the 2015 NSDUH questionnaire redesign.

This short report uses 2011 to 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess substance initiation and substance use among part-time and full-time college students aged 18 to 22.

Describes emergency department (ED) visits involving the nonmedical use of narcotic pain relievers (opioids) using data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). The drugs most commonly combined with narcotic pain relievers in ED visits; trends for narcotic pain relievers (2005-2011); demographic characteristics of narcotic pain reliever-related visits in 2011...