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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 report looks at costs for substance use disorder treatment reported in the 2010 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. These data include costs for prescriptions for medications and behavioral treatment used to treat alcohol use disorders and opioid use disorders made in office visits to general and family practice physicians...

This is an annual report explaining the Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) survey for 2011. This report represents a census of all SAMHSA-certified OTPs in the United States, both public and private, and presents both highlights and tabular information from the 2011 Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Survey. The OTP survey was...

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...

This is an National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (NSSATS) short report. It is about what services are offered by opiod treatment programs in 2012.