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The
NHSDA Report:
Illicit
Drug Use Among Youths Who Used Cigarettes and Alcohol
Highlights:
- In
2000, approximately 52 percent of youths aged 12 to 17 who were daily
cigarette smokers and 66 percent of youths who were heavy drinkers
were also past month users of illicit drugs.
- Youths
who were daily cigarette smokers or heavy drinkers were more likely
to use illicit drugs than either daily smokers or heavy drinkers from
older age groups.
- Youths
who were past month users of both cigarettes and alcohol were more
than twice as likely to have used illicit drugs than youths who used
only cigarettes or only alcohol.
Other
reports on youth
Other
reports on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs
Other
OAS Publications and Services
This Short
Report, The
NHSDA Report:
Illicit
Drug Use Among Youths Who Used Cigarettes and Alcohol,
is based on SAMHSA's
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA),
now called
the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The survey is
conducted by the
Office of Applied
Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and
consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates
for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.
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