Drug Abuse Statististics
There is a wealth of statistics about substance abuse available on the Web. They include the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (general public), the Drug Abuse Warning Network (emergency departments and medical examiners), the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (treatment program data), and Monitoring the Future (secondary school, high school, college, and young adults). Interested readers can obtain them from the following:
The Website www.samhsa.gov/oas has information regarding the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, The Drug and Alcohol Services Information System, the Drug Abuse Warning Network, and several special reports on special populations and substudies.
The Website www.monitoringthefuture.org provides summaries and data from the most recent and previous surveys of secondary school, high school, college, and young adults.
The Website www.nida.nih.gov provides substance abuse statistics from the Community Epidemiology Work Group as well as special reports and substudies.
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