The NSDUH Report - - Trends in Adolescent Inhalant Use: 2002
to 2007
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Highlights:
- SAMHSA's
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) defines inhalants as
"liquids, sprays, and gases that people sniff or inhale to get
high or to make them feel good." In 2007, almost one million youth
used inhalants in the past year.
- The
percentage of youths aged 12 to 17 who used inhalants in the past year
was lower in 2007 (3.9%) than in 2003 (4.5%), 2004 (4.6%), and 2005
(4.5%).
- Among
youth who used inhalants for the first time in the past year, the rate
of the use of nitrous oxide or "whippets" declined between
2002 and 2007 among both males (40.2% to 20.2%) and females (22.3% to
12.2%).
- In
2007, 17.2% of youth who initiated illicit drug use during the past
year indicated that inhalants were the first drug that they used; this
rate remained relatively stable between 2002 and 2007.
- Past
year dependence on or abuse of inhalants remained relatively stable
between 2002 and 2007 with around 99,000 youth meeting the criteria
for dependence or abuse in 2007.
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on inhalants
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OAS publications and services
This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report - - Trends in Adolescent Inhalant Use: 2002 to
2007,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey
on Drug Use and Health 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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