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These tables are special analyses that include opioid use (or heroin use and prescription pain reliever misuse) or opioid use disorders as a variable. The NSDUH survey years used, as well as by-demographic group analyses, vary.

This spotlight uses 2002 to 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to examine trends in past year opioid misuse among adults aged 18 or older by age group.

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...

This chartbook uses combined 2008 to 2012 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to present
nationally representative estimates of mental health service utilization among adults aged 18 or older within different racial/ethnic
groups in the United States. Data on racial/ethnic differences in mental health service...

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 short report examines emergency department (ED) visits involving benzodiazepines, which are medications prescribed to relieve symptoms of anxiety, panic attacks and seizures. It looks at the effect of combining benzodiazepines with opioid pain relievers or alcohol, both substances that also depress the central nervous system. The report quantifies the...

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 report presents estimates of the numbers and percentages of adults aged 18 or older with past 12-month mental disorders, as assessed by the Mental Health Surveillance Study (MHSS) clinical study, a subset to the 2008 to 2012 National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The assessment included a...

This spotlight presents serious thoughts of suicide in the past year among adults aged 18 or older 2008 to 2012 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) by whether they received mental health services.

This spotlight presents major depressive episodes in the past year among adults aged 18 or older using 2008 to 2012 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) by whether they talked to a health or alternative service professional during the past 12 months.

This short report uses data on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits to examine the involvement of zolpidem in ED visits that are related to overmedication. Zolpidem is a medication used to treat insomnia. Overmedication may occur when a patient takes too much of their own medications (i.e., exceeds the prescribed...

This short report uses data on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits from the Drug Abuse Warning Network to examine the trends in ED visits involving methamphetamine from 2007 to 2011. In addition to the trends for total methamphetamine-related visits, it also shows trends by gender and by age group; the...

This table uses 2008 to 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess past year alcohol use disorder and illicit drug use disorder among persons aged 12 or older by 362 substate regions within the 50 States and the District of Columbia. Topics covered include past month...

This short report uses 2008 to 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess receipt of workplace policies and programs regarding substance use among full-time employed workers aged 18 to 64 by past month illicit drug use or heavy alcohol use status.

This short report uses 2002 to 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess trends in past month smokeless tobacco initiation and use by gender and age group among those aged 12 or older.